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Personal data belonging to 1.6 million patients which was stored on a CD was mistakenly sent to a landfill site by an NHS organisation, it has been revealed.According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Eastern...

A report released by the IDC has revealed that the volume of digital data that will be generated this year will be enough to fill 115 billion 16GB Apple iPads.The research firm said that this year, 1.8 Zettabytes of data will be...

In what could be considered as a lesson for financial firms which have been repeatedly falling short on effective measures to protect their customers’ details from being stolen, Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC Holdings,...

Organisations have long regarded their stores of data as one of their most valuable assets.  The implications of data use determine whether an organisation functions efficiently and effectively or whether they fall under...

A code of conduct for handling personal data was launched in London yesterday. But the document is inconsistent on the need for consent when collecting personal data, according to a data protection expert. Sometimes consent is...

The first British Standard on the management of personal data was published on Tuesday. The Standard has been developed to establish best practice and aid compliance with data protection law. An expert in privacy law has welcomed...

The Information Commissioner's Office has severely criticised the Home Office and one of its contractor, PA consulting, for losing an unencrypted memory stick which contained the personal details of tens of thousands of...

Low levels of consumer trust in how businesses manage and secure customer data could put companies at risk, according to a study by Symantec.   Nearly four out of five people in Britain believe their personal information is...

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. ...

The most recently publicised data breach, the loss of a portable hard drive containing the details of up to 5,000 prison staff follows hot on the heels of news that a laptop was sold on eBay reputedly containing banking details...

Data Compliance seems to be a word on every business lips at the moment. With compliance legislation becoming more and more prevalent, it is something which businesses must take note of. Procedures, policies and funding has to...

Looks as if public bodies are finally getting tough with data handling. The Colchester University Hospital, in Essex, has fired one of its managers after a laptop was stolen from his car. The device's hard drive contained the...

Privacy advocates fear that users will be identifiable, though others have pointed out that identification of most users will be almost impossible without the unlikely cooperation of internet service providers (ISPs).Viacom has...

A survey of more than 100 UK office workers has revealed that employees are hugely reliant on access to network data to do their jobs, yet show an alarming apathy about the value of that data. The survey was carried out by secure...

A major data loss scandal at the HMRC is again fuelling the worldwide discussion on data security. Was it an individual or a system failure that a junior officer at HMRC was allowed to copy the records of 25 million people,...