NewsDPA Breaches May Be Penalised Up To £500,000
January 2010
The Information Commissioner's Office is threatening to slap penalties of up to half a million pounds on data controllers who are found guilty of serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. More...
HSBC firms fined over £3 million for info. security lapses
July 2009
HSBC was fined £3m by city watchdogs yesterday after the banking group admitted losing confidential data on tens of thousands of its insurance policyholders. More...
Manchester Council broke DPA with unencrypted laptops
June 2009
Manchester City Council broke the Data Protection Act when it failed to encrypt laptop computers containing data on nearly two thousand workers. The local authority has promised to ensure all mobile computers are encrypted. More...
Verizon Data Breach Study: Significant Rise in Attacks
April 2009
The financial industry accounts for 93% of the 285 million compromised records. Most breaches were avoidable if proper precautions taken. More...
Many Legitimate Web Sites are Compromised
April 2009
A WebSense report reveals that 70% of the most popular web sites host some kind of malicious content and that 77% of web sites hosting malicious content are apparently legitimate. More...
