Cloud storage explosion! Cloud storage has exploded in the last 24 months, and has become the predominant file and folder storage mechanism globally. Recently whilst interviewing a small service provider in the UK the director told me that their company stored over ten petabytes of data for their clients. Most of these clients were small […]
July 2012 Welcome Financial Services Limited was issued a penalty of £150,000. The Lender lost two back-up tapes containing the names, addresses and payment histories of 600,000 clients as well as the names and addresses of another 800,000 clients. The tapes also contained past and present employee information. The tapes went missing from the firm’s […]
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June 2012 The Belfast Health and Social Care (BHSC) Trust have been fined £225,000 for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act. Thousands of patients and staffs sensitive and personal data was placed at risk. The information included an array of medical records, scans and x-rays, staff records and payslips. In April 2007 six […]
Read More… from The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Breach the Data Protection Act
18 June 2012 The Information Commissioners office (ICO), has released a security guide suitable for small and medium sized organisations. The guide is a helpful tool explaining steps that can be taken to improve the IT security within businesses. By taking the necessary steps to effectively secure data, organisations can prevent data breach and unnecessary […]
Read More… from The ICO has published a new IT security guide
June 2012 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been served with the highest monetary penalty, £325,000, to be issued by the Information Commissioners Office thus far. The NHS Trust breached the Data Protection Act, placing tens of thousands of patients and employees highly sensitive data at risk. Data including details of patients medical […]
April 2012 New UK law proposed- To monitor everyone’s internet activities and communications within the UK Under new legislation to be announced shortly, the UK government may be allowed to monitor all calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK. The initiative is aimed at confronting crime and terrorism, however not everyone […]
