personal data Archive
The Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) in the UK is a cornerstone of IT and information-related legislation. It applies to all organisations that collect or hold information about living individuals. Most organisations would claim that they comply with the DPA. The reality …
The private sector needs to take data privacy more seriously if it is to stop the Information Commissioner’s Office getting the power to audit their information security systems without warning. According to ComputerWeekly, this is the warning from James Alexander, …
On the face of it, I find the call by British MPs for the appointment of an Identity Fraud Tsar a very good thing. Under the proposals of the All Party Group on Identity Fraud this new role would provide …
The recent report from the House of Lords Science and Technology select committee into ‘Personal internet security’ highlights the fact that businesses are not doing enough to protect their customers from the dangers of e-crime and on-line fraud. Clearly this …
It’s amazing how social trends can often make people do the most stupid things. Sales of paper shredders have gone through the roof of late because the public has woken up to the identity theft risks of making personal data …
This research from Harvard and Carnegie Mellon universities shows that that large companies have no clear stock price-related incentive to prevent privacy breaches. Despite clear evidence of vulnerabilities that could seriously harm their interests, investors fail to give major quoted …
I’ve just returned from a terrific three days in Dubrovnik, Croatia, where I attended (and spoke) at InfoSeCon 2006. Ably staged, hosted and managed by ZIK, this was an event that made networking very easy. From the rapid transition through …
No, really, that’s what the Times of London claimed, in an article today, was the reason given by a Delhi Call Centre’s Head of Personnel for taking on someone who allegedly collected and sold account holder identity details. Addresses, passwords, …
Citigroup announced earlier this week that personal details of 3.9 million consumer lending customers were lost by UPS while en route to a credit bureau. How do you lose a set of tapes? I mean, UPS are supposed to be …
Recent months have seen a series of widely publicized personal data thefts from companies that ought to have known better – and, in parallel, a series of US legislative proposals for bills that would have the characteristics of both California’s …
