Student Loans Company leaks 8000 email addresses - Information Age

Student England Finance has apologised for the data breach, which it says was due to an administrative error. The breach took place on Monday, and affected students who are due to start university later this year. In December 2011, the Metropolitan ...

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Slapdash staff blamed for third of UK's data leak balls-ups - Register

By John Leyden • Get more from this author Careless workers and sloppy contractors caused more than a third of biz data breaches last year, proving that crap staff pose the biggest risk to organisations. An annual study of data cock-ups found that the ...

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Objectionable Content Lawsuit Against Microsoft Dropped in India - PCWorld

By John Ribeiro, IDG News Proceedings against Microsoft in a criminal lawsuit over objectionable online content were terminated on Monday by the Delhi High Court, after the company argued that there was neither a complaint nor evidence against it.

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$1.5M HHS Data Breach Settlement is First Under HITECH Law - Law.com

Data breach leads to first HITECH enforcement settlement
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Cost of Data Breaches Declines - PC Advisor

By Thor Olavsrud | CIO US | 20 March 12 For the first time in seven yearsâ€"and despite numerous high-profile incidentsâ€"the average cost of a data breach fell in 2011, according to new findings released by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute.

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Canada tops for mobile data loss: Survey - Canadian HR Reporter

Traditional static security solutions such as antivirus, firewalls and passwords are not effective at stopping advanced malware and data theft from malicious or negligent insiders. •Forty-five per cent of respondents reported employees circumvent or ...

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Preventing ID Theft for Contractors and Employees - TFM (blog)

With 22918441 data records stolen in the US in 2011*, identity theft has reached an all time high. Roughly 16% of those were subcontractors. It's worth noting that Verizon's 2011 data breach investigation report states that 96% of the breaches were ...

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Cost of a data breach: $194 per record - SmartPlanet.com (blog)

Whether via email or mail, sending information to the wrong recipient is a leader in identity theft and data breach cases. Employee theft or loss of physical documents, back-up tapes, and data is also a problem. Many employees take their ...

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NPHS student newspaper is online and breaking news fast ... with photos - Valley Breeze

The newspaper staff gathered for a meeting after school Thursday, March 8 to discuss story and photos ideas for their newspaper and online edition. Editor-in-chief and Valley Breeze high school correspondent Emily Corsini, right, leads the after-school ...

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Leveson inquiry: Bernard Hogan-Howe, Chris Sims appear - The Guardian

Hogan-Howe was Merseyside chief between 2004 and 2009 where he was associated with reducing the number of gang crimes and anti-social behaviour. Expect questions about his experience in Merseyside. Leveson was born and educated in Liverpool and the ...

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Objectionable Content Lawsuit Against Microsoft Dropped in India - CIO India

Proceedings against Microsoft in a criminal lawsuit over objectionable online content were terminated on Monday by the Delhi High Court, after the company argued that there was neither a complaint nor evidence against it. Microsoft, Google, and 19 ...

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Keeping them close: Jessica Alba carries family portrait featuring her husband ... - Daily Mail

By Amelia Proud With a loving husband and two young daughters, Jessica Alba is almost at that 2.4 children ideal. And the 30-year-old obviously can't bear to be away from her home-life bliss, as she was spotted heading into her office in Santa Monica ...

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Keep kids away from the medicine cabinet - WANE

Those are the findings revealed in a report by Safe Kids Worldwide , which unveiled a new initiative Tuesday called 'Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids." The campaign calls on caregivers, medical personnel, pharmacists, drug makers and government ...

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