UK Government To Use £224 million Child Protection Database To Fight Crime

There's a growing evidence that the current Government is seeking to implement a gigantic Cradle-to-grave database which will ultimatedly contain the details of everyone living in Britain

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

16.5 million UK Households Have Internet Access Says ONS

Nearly two thirds of UK's 25 million households have access to the Internet according to latest figures published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) today

TUE 26 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Home Office Lost One Laptop or Phone per Month on Average In Three Years

Frequent data losses seems to be a daily cup of tea for UK government, as just few months after losing crucial details about the beneficiaries of Britain’s child benefit programme, the UK authorities have again lost an important USB drive containing the details of the several thousands of criminals of England and Wales

TUE 26 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Metropolitan Police Publishes Online Crime Maps With Home Office Blessings

The Scotland Yard has published clickable maps on its website that contain statistical information on crimes related to a particular area

MON 18 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Another 45,000 People's Personal Details Get Lost by Ministry of Justice

Another week, another embarrassment for the British Government. This time around, the Ministry of Justice is the culprit with details of 45,000 people being misplaced in nine separate incidents

MON 18 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Ofcom delays 2.6GHz Spectrum Action Again

UK’s telecom regulatory authority, The Office of Communications (Ofcom), has further delayed the much awaited auction of 2.6 GHz spectrum, which was scheduled to take place in October this year

FRI 15 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Colchester NHS Trust Sacks Manager Over lost laptop

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

FRI 15 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Government and Councils To Get Snooping Rights To Access Private Emails and Texts

The Home Office is considering plans to coerce Internet Service Providers to keep web traffic and email data for a minimum of 12 months in a bid to crack down on serious crime and terrorism

WED 13 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

European Court of Human Rights Agrees To Halt McKinnon's Extradition Process

Gary McKinnon has been granted a two week delay by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, in his extradition process to the US for perpetrating the biggest known military hack of all times

WED 13 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Russia Takes To Cyberspace in War Against Georgia

The ex Soviet republic of Georgia has accused its former ruler, Russia, of launching an all-out attack on the country's most important web properties including its government websites

MON 11 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News