ICS survey reveals broadening awareness but not through education - Consumer Tech

The survey also revealed that over the last 12 months, nearly half of respondents reported that their companies had experienced a data breach. Of these breaches, 58% were caused by a staff member, proportionally more a result of internal failure and ...

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SecurEnvoy: ICS research highlights mobile security technology - Phones Review

SecurEnvoy says ICS research highlights the need for easier security technology and commenting on research from the ICS, the Irish Computer Society, which found that almost 58 per cent of the data breaches were caused by staff, SecurEnvoy says that the ...

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Firms face tough new EU fines for data breaches - ZDNet UK

By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, 25 January, 2012 17:01 @tomespiner Businesses may be fined two percent of turnover for serious data breaches under tough new data-protection rules proposed by the European Commission. EU commissioner Viviane Reding has said ...

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Metropolitan Police email data breach hits 1000 - London24

The Met said it was reviewing how it carries out surveys in a bid to avoid similar mistakes being made in the future. The Information Commissioner's Office has been informed. The maximum potential fine for data breaches is £500000. police tape.

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Another council hit for repeated data protection breaches - UKauthorITy.com

The penalty is the first that the ICO has served against an organisation in Scotland, but it is not the first authority to be fined: over the past 12 months a further seven councils were fined a total of £640000 for breaching the Data Protection Act, ...

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Midlothian Council fined over data breaches - MidLothian Today

Midlothian Council has become the first Scottish organisation to be fined by the Information Commissioner's Office for five data breaches. The local authority has been fined £140000 after five incidents of disclosing personal data relating to children ...

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Blacknight hit with external security breach - Siliconrepublic.com

Hosting provider and domain registrar Blacknight has revealed it had been hit by a security breach. While no data was compromised, the breach may include client contact details, such as email addresses and phone numbers, the company confirmed.

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Reported Health Data Breaches Rose by 97% in 2011, Report Finds - iHealthBeat

Health data breaches up 97 percent in 2011Healthcare IT News

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Facebook and the social media boom - Investors Chronicle

However, anyone who believes social media is a fad is clearly not living in today's society - one that has seen the power of social media overturn governments, enable riots and even 'out' a cheating footballer and his affair despite a court-ordered ...

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Pirate Bay and co-founder respond to Supreme Court decision - UNLIMITED CMU

The Pirate Bay yesterday issued a statement in response to the news that the site's founders had been refused the right to appeal to Sweden's Supreme Court over the criminal conviction and civil liabilities handed to them by a lower court.

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Post SOPA, What Is the Next Frontier for Internet Copyright Protection?

The matter came to a head recently as a result of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), bills aimed at curbing online trafficking in copyrighted content and counterfeit goods. After several websites, including Wikipedia, ...

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Calls for change over Thai 'royal insult' law

The lese-majeste law, or article 112 of Thailand's criminal code, protects the most senior members of the royal family from insult or threat. Going to the movies in Thailand has its own special ritual. Ahead of the main feature, a short film is shown ...


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Whatever mayor's motivation, school speed cameras are the right...

Or is it truly an effort to keep children safe from reckless speeders? We think it's the latter. It fits with Emanuel's broader effort to keep kids safe by lowering the city curfew and adding more resources for a school safe passage program, ...

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Censoring web content: Delhi HC to hear final arguments today - IBNLive.com

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear final arguments in the objectionable online content case. Several social networking websites, including Google and Facebook, had approached the court requesting it to quash the trial court's order, ...


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Do you know how much information your kids share online? - Valley Breeze

LMS technology teacher Sue Johnson, who invited the task force to make a presentation, said she wanted to make sure that parents were educated, as well as children. "Our most important goal here is that we want to keep our children safe," Johnson said.


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