Turns out making things simpler is not that simple
The EU's Viviane Reding has announced a 'right to be forgotten' and large fines but missed the security issues, say…
Mobile device users are lax about installing security software or using strong passcodes to protect data on their mobile devices
Irish data protection commissioner tells Facebook to give users greater control of data
Cloud services could lose, in an Olympian contest over privacy between US patriots and EU human rights defenders, says Eric…
The Information Commissioner's Office has set up a blog to allow discussion of data protection issues
The ICO has slammed a Wolverhampton nursery school which lost records on a tape
The Information Commissioner has fined a man for selling the personal details of online bingo players
Cloud computing did not exist when data protection regulations came in. John Roberts of Redstone explains how to keep within…
Facebook is bracing itself for a data protection audit in Ireland that could result in an £87,000 fine
Dell has updated its data protection encryption suite to help businesses with endpoint security
Imation has launched a scalable storage solution geared towards helping SMBs with data recovery
Data masking should be utilised more to protect a business's sensitive data from security risks
The Equality and Human Rights Commission says government needs to overhaul its data protection regime
Acronis has upgraded its disaster recovery platform with the release of Backup & Recovery 11
Web users can now use an online tool to alert them to when they are mentioned on social networking sites
Citigroup has confirmed it has been hit by hackers who have exposed the details of thousands of customers
Two charities breached data protection rules by failing to encrypt computer equipment that was then stolen
A study from the Which? Money has warned that British banks are regularly breaching data protection rules
The Information Commissioner has issued advice to organisations on how to use personal data responsibly
The Information Commissioner lets 99 percent of firms get away with breaches, says ViaSat. The ICO disputes the figure
Black marks for BP as a laptop goes missing with details of compensation claimants from last year's oil spill
Twitter's lawyers are trying to block US authorities from accessing personal data as part of a WikiLeaks probe
France has set a precedent. How long before other countries and states begin holding their hands out to Google, asks…
Another firm will be punished for breaching the Data Protection Act, as the ICO prepares its next fine
Organisations are drowning in unstructured data - the only way to get control is metadata, says IDC
Fears about personal data privacy and security are delaying the adoption of cloud computing in Europe, says Wayne Rash
Workers who discuss sensitive data in public places are at risk of causing serious data breaches, warns Wendy Goucher
People under the age of 25 send work-related emails from their personal accounts and leak company information
A Symantec survey has found that many SMBs are risking data loss by being unprepared for disasters