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School and Union sign undertakings with Information Commissioner after unencrypted laptops with sensitive personal data on them are stolen

17 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Association of School and College Leaders and Holly Park School have signed separate undertakings with the Information Commissioner’s Office after laptops containing sensitive personal data had been...

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CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

29 June 2011 | Mark Weston

A CCTV monitoring website, Internet Eyes, has been forced to change the way it operates by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The website streams CCTV images from its retailer clients to its...

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71% of UK businesses suffer data breach in last year

8 December 2010 | Simon Weinberg

A survey has found that 71% of UK businesses have suffered a data breach in the last 12 months. That is according to a survey produced by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute. The survey also found that...

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Well-behaved teenager jailed for 16 weeks for failing to hand over computer password to police

18 October 2010 | Mark Weston

A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after failing to hand over the password to his computer to police. His failure to do so is a criminal offence under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000....

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Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

7 October 2010 | Mark Weston

ACS:Law may be the first business to incur the recently introduced expanded fines of up to £500,000. The controversial law firm has made its name by sending out thousands of letters to alleged peer-to-peer...

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School admits to loss of laptop containing sensitive personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff

22 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

A school has admitted storing sensitive personal data of about 1,200 pupils and staff on an unencrypted laptop, which was subsequently stolen. The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator...

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Latest news and views tagged encryption

School and Union sign undertakings with Information Commissioner after unencrypted laptops with sensitive personal data on them are stolen

CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

71% of UK businesses suffer data breach in last year

Well-behaved teenager jailed for 16 weeks for failing to hand over computer password to police

Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

School admits to loss of laptop containing sensitive personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff

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