Greater Manchester Police Force fined by the ICO for data breach
17 October 2012 The ICO imposed a monetary penalty of £150000 after an investigation into a data breach at Greater Manchester Police Force. The Force…
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Email Encryption-government face challenges around securing emails
The days of leaking information through physical means is long over; email is by far the top source of government data leaks at present. This…
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Businesses remain responsible for data even when using cloud computing
4 Oct 2012 The ICO have confirmed that businesses will remain responsible for data that is stored by cloud network providers. The businesses will be…
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ICO pressing for custodial sentences for data loss
24 September 2012 At present the ICO are enforcing the data protection law through monetary penalties but are pressing for a change. There is not…
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Dropbox hacked placing user information at risk
July/August 2012 Dropbox have confirmed that user accounts have been hacked. Users realised something was wrong when they began receiving spam mail through email accounts…
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Email Security
Abstract This white paper offers an overview of how to achieve secure, private emailing over the internet. It provides examples of basic alternative solutions to…
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Myths of cloud storage security
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…
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Welcome Financial Services Fined £150,000 for Breaching the Data Protection Act
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…
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The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Breach the Data Protection Act
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…
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The ICO has published a new IT security guide
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…