Virgin Media Reprimanded by Data Protection Commissioner After Losing Customers' Data

Following the lost of 3000 customers' bank details back in June 2008, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit out at Virgin Media and found that the cable company was guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

50,000 RAF Personel At Risk After Unencrypted Hard Drives Are Stolen

Three hard drives containing the personal information of 50,000 current and former RAF employees have been stolen on Wednesday 17th, from the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency at RAF Innsworth in Gloucestershire, which left the Defence Secretary Des Browne fuming

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

More Data Mayhem As Details of 11,000 Teachers Get Lost By Courier

A disc containing the details of nearly 11,500 teachers has been lost by a courier service while in transit from the Offices of the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) to a data processing contractor in Birmingham

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Comment : Four Out Of Five Do Not Trust Companies With Personal Data

Low levels of consumer trust in how businesses manage and secure customer data could put companies at risk, according to a study by Symantec

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Thoughts About Protecting valuable data in an environment beyond your control

So will Google’s greatly debated floating data centres come to fruition, or is their attempt to file a patent nothing more than a pipe dream?

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Nearly One in Four Second Smartphones Contain Sensitive Data Says Survey

New research from BT, the University of Glamorgan in Wales and Edith Cowan University in Australia has revealed that a significant number of hand-held communication devices which are bought second-hand still contain sensitive company and personal information

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Comment : Public Sector organisations admit to poor attitudes towards treatment of confidential data

62% of public sector IT decision-makers are unaware of the possible introduction of data breach notification legislation according to research by Clearswift

TUE 23 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Government plans to make NHS Patient Data Available To Private Companies

The records of millions of NHS patients could soon be acquired by private firms if plans by the NHS come to fruition in a bid to help find out which drugs are most effective at treating particular illnesses

MON 22 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

More Data Shambles: Another UK Agency Loses FOUR Laptops With Sensitive Data

Continuing their characteristic sluggishness with IT data handling and management, another UK government agency, Insolvency Service has confirmed the theft of four laptop computers from its Manchester office on 27 August 2008

THU 18 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

West Midlands Police Scrambles To Find Lost Memory Stick Containing Terror Data

The loss of a 4GB Black USB Drive apparently containing sensitive information about terror suspects and terror cells is the latest data-related embarrassment to hit UK's police force

TUE 16 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News