Data protection

Facebook Proposes Data Sharing Across Services

Facebook is proposing a change to its data usage policies to allow user details to be shared with its Intagram…

12 years ago

Facebook Lobbies Brussels In Earnest On EU Data Privacy Proposals

Facebook joins other US bodies pushing for changes to European Commission data privacy proposals

12 years ago

Justice Committee Tells EU To Rethink Data Protection Proposals

They are over-prescriptive, confusing and unrealistic - just a few of the committee's problems with EC proposals

12 years ago

Manchester Police Slapped With £120,000 Data Breach Fine

Manchester police caught napping by the ICO

12 years ago

ICO Praises Private Sector Security

The ICO says the private sector is leading the way in data protection, but is it basing its claims on…

12 years ago

RSA 2012: US Lobbying Hard To Alter EU Data Protection Law

US Chamber of Commerce, which is working with the US government, is lobbying hard in Brussels

12 years ago

UK Data Breach Reports Spike 1000 Percent In Five Years

State of UK security shown to be worsening

12 years ago

New Cloud Laws Needed For Business Data

European cloud laws are a mess, says Dominic Pollard. Let's update them!

12 years ago

Security Snafus Escalate As ICO Warnings Up 48 Percent

The ICO is baring its teeth some more, but still imposing minimal fines

12 years ago

ICO Pressures Charities To Open Doors For Data Protection ‘Check Ups’

The ICO doesn't want to fine charities, so is encouraging them to take advantage of free help

12 years ago

Could Batman’s ‘Clean Slate’ Identity Deleter Work?

The Dark Knight Rises features a digital identity remover called the 'Clean Slate'. Could such technology work in today's world?…

12 years ago

European Commission Opens Consultation On Cyber Security Legislation

The EC wants to talk about cyber security legislation, looking at risk management and breach reporting requirements in particular

12 years ago

Report: Dell Back In Quest Software Hunt With $2.32bn Bid

Dell is back in the bidding for Quest Software, a report claims

12 years ago

NHS To Publish Anonymised Patient Data

The long-delayed Department of Health information strategy plans to release anonymised patient data to researchers, industry and the public

13 years ago

NHS Trust To Appeal ICO Fine

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust says ICO has "acted incorrectly"

13 years ago

Barnet Borough Council Fined £70,000 For Data Loss

Council fined after second offence in two years, but further loss prevented by laptop encryption

13 years ago

EU To Share Air Passenger Data With US

US Department of Homeland Security will be handed personal details including names, credit card details and phone numbers

13 years ago

Businesses Confidence In Data Security At Low Ebb

A new survey has revealed a chronic lack of confidence among businesses about their data protection

13 years ago

Facebook Generously Lets Users Download Their Own Data

Users will now be able to access data about IP addresses, previous names and friend requests

13 years ago

DECC Lays Out ‘Tough Guidelines’ On Smart Meters

DECC's smart meter programme expected to deliver £7.2 billion net benefit over 20 years

13 years ago

Google Chief Executive Defends Privacy Stance

Google's Larry Page has posted a company update describing Google's focus for the year and denying that its harvesting of…

13 years ago

SMBs Lack Adequate Backup Plans, Warns Mozy

A Mozy survey has found that significant number of SMBs don't implement safe backup strategies, despite the risks

13 years ago

Don’t Let The Right To Be Forgotten Be Forgotten

We should look at ways to forge opportunities from the right to be forgotten, says Tom Brewster.

13 years ago

Zetta Adds SMB Cloud Data Protection To Backup Service

Zetta has upgraded its DataProtect cloud service to give SMBs a backup solution with no appliance

13 years ago

Vint Cerf ‘Puzzled’ by Google Privacy Furore

Google's Vint Cerf defends the new privacy policy, but admits it wasn't presented well

13 years ago

French Watchdog’s 69 Probes Latch Onto Google’s Privates

French regulator CNIL reveals the 69 questions it asked on Google's privacy policy

13 years ago

Reding: Google Privacy Policy Is Illegal

Google should not have pushed through its privacy policy changes in the face of conflicts with European data protection laws,…

13 years ago

ICO Raps Durham University For Publishing Student Details

University promises to review data handling procedures after posting details of 177 students and staff on its official website

13 years ago

Google Agrees Not To Track Users, If They Ask Nicely

More than 400 companies agree to help implement the browser “do-not-track” button

13 years ago

ICO Slaps Cheshire East Council With £80,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner has fined Cheshire East council £80,000 for not properly protecting personal data

13 years ago