Firms prosecuted over welfare data - Irish Times

FBD, Zurich and Travelers Insurance all pleaded guilty to 10 sample charges each after they were prosecuted for breaches of the Data Protection Act. The prosecutions followed a complaint from the Department of Social Protection in December 2010 after ...

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QBE launches cyber response policy to counter data breaches - Post Online

QBE has underlined the importance of insurers offering products to protect companies against the threat of data breaches, following the launch of the firm's new cyber response policy. By Callum Brodie Designed primarily for UK businesses with up to ...

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Two more councils fined for data breaches - Computer Business Review

The data included information about the sexual abuse of a child and six other people connected to a court hearing. The papers were being taken home in preparation for a meeting the following day, the ICO said. The bag has never been recovered.

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Eircom confirms data breach after unencrypted laptop theft - Computer Business Review

Irish telecoms firm eircom has confirmed the theft of three laptops containing personal information of over 7000 customers. According to the Irish Independent, details of more than 7000 mobile phone customers and employees were compromised while bank ...

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The fight against bogus degrees in higher education - The Guardian (blog)

These are serious criminal gangs, one of the most infamous being the group that ran the St Regis university operation. One of the worst things about diploma mills (and their emerging partner accreditation mills) is the negative impact on the reputation ...

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The top three security concerns for healthcare CIOs are around the areas of ... - Express Healthcare

Despite significant investment in keeping information secure, protected data breaches remain a frequent occurrence at healthcare organisations. Therefore, healthcare organisations today are under intense pressure and scrutiny, for security, ...

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More councils slapped for data protection breaches - UKauthorITy.com

councils reprimanded over data loss
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Today's media stories from the papers - The Guardian

The BBC canteen has long been the butt of jokes from corporation employees. Now The Filling Station has taken its, er, unique reputation online with a new parody account, dubbed The Killing Station. The Independent reports that the Twitter account is ...

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Throwing baby out with the SOPA - Washington Examiner

The problem now is that online activists, heady with success, have their torches lit for any attempt to do anything about criminal activity online, regardless of the merits or the means. Reining in the online distribution of illegal material is now, ...

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The Right to Be Forgotten - Stanford Law Review Online

In Europe, the intellectual roots of the right to be forgotten can be found in French law, which recognizes le droit à l'oubliâ€"or the 'right of oblivion'â€"a right that allows a convicted criminal who has served his time and been rehabilitated to ...

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Malnets will become major online security issue in 2012: report - ZDNet (blog)

By Rachel King | February 13, 2012, 12:01am PST Summary: Most malware attacks target users on their desktops and laptops, but mobile devices are becoming much more enticing options for cyber criminals, according to a new report.

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