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How effective are data breach penalties? Are ever-bigger fines enough?
Since 2011, data security company ViaSat UK has spiced up the Infosecurity Europe conference by filing a Freedom of Information request for data breach statistics.
In previous years they've fallen out with the regulators over the matter, but things turned out better in 2013...
Sony fined £250,000 after hackers gained access to millions of gamers' details
"There’s no disguising that this is a business that should have known better," says ICO director.
How many headlines do there have to be before companies take data security more seriously?
PPI SMS text spammers fined £440,000 by UK Information Commissioner
The UK information commissioner has for the first time used its shut-the-hell-up powers to quash the annoyance that is spam text messaging, having fined two men nearly half a million pounds. More such investigations are in the works, the ICO promised.
Manchester police pay off £150,000 fine for unencrypted USB key
The UK Information Commissioner's Office in the UK recently fined the Greater Manchester Police £150,000 for a data breach.
The problem boiled down to an unencrypted USB key stolen from an officers's home.
Google in trouble with UK ICO over Street View data - again
Google has admitted that it still has some Street View data that the UK Information Commissioner's Office told it to get rid of in 2010.
11% of second hand hard drives contain personal information, study reveals
Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has discovered that more than one in every ten second hand hard drives contains recoverable personal information of the original owner.
New Bill in the UK wants internet to be censored from porn by default
A new Bill wants to protect children by requiring all users to opt-in if they want to access porn. This would create a system of censorship by default. Is this necessary when parents already have access to porn-management tools?
A new cookie recipe: The International Chamber of Commerce UK Cookie Guide
As of next month, the ICO will be enforcing new(ish) rules on cookies and consent, but is the business world ready? And if not, will the International Chamber of Commerce's UK Cookie Guide provide the tools to help them comply?
UK councils fined £150,000 for data loss, but who gets the cash?
Turns out that password protection just ain't enough anymore. Councils need to encrypt laptops as well, and this was an expensive lesson for UK councils Ealing and Hounslow to learn. Question is: who benefits from these fines?
Lost laptop leads to first Data Protection Act fine for UK firm
Companies warned that they must wake up to the importance of encrypting their laptops.
ICO issues first fines to British organisations being sloppy with sensitive information, and breaching the Data Protection Act.
UK firms face £500,000 fine for losing data
If you run a business in the UK then there's even more reason, from today, to keep a close eye on the records you store about your customers. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has been granted new powers by the Read more…
ICO warns of tougher penalties for future data leaks
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is arguing in the British media that company board members need to wake up to the issues of securing personal information or risk substantial fines. The warning comes as it was revealed that a laptop Read more…
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