25 April 2012

Massive data breach at London Marathon reveals 38000 runners' details - Civil Society Media


The Information Commissioners Office is investigating a possible data breach of the London Marathon website made at least 18000 charity fundraiser's contact details publicly available. The home address and email address of all 38000 runners were ...

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Six fines issued for data breaches - The Independent


Six public bodies were fined over personal data security breaches in the last year despite hundreds of reported cases, a report said today. One of the biggest penalties went to Midlothian Council as it was fined £140000 for sending details on children ...

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Conseal Security Launches Major New Release of Conseal Server - Industry Today (press release)


It is no surprise that this statistic remains as high as it is, with the increasing trend for employees to work away from the office, taking work home, on business trips and to customer locations, all requiring access to their organisation's private ...

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Reasons to Feel Good About Pinterest, Google, and Lady Gaga - Everything PR


My partner Mihaela touched on reasoning, market share, advertising and the like in a post recently, one which pointed the right marketing/ad/PR fingers. But for me, what is important is how Google, Pinterest, Facebook or any object de interest strikes ...

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Feds: Settlement with NY construction firm - Newsday


Region/State Newsday > News > Region/State Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online subscriber? Click here Print Aa Feds: Settlement with NY construction firm Published: ...

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Parents should monitor children - gulfnews.com


Image Credit: AP London: A Google executive says it is a "myth" that laws can protect children from internet pornography. Naomi Gummer insisted it was up to parents to keep their children safe from disturbing material. She told a conference that ...

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Security tops boardroom agendas - Financial Times


The annual Data Breach Investigations Report, published last month by Verizon, tracked 855 security breaches last year and estimated that 174m records were compromised as a result - 'the second-highest data loss total since we started keeping track in ...

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Mass. Office of Consumer Affairs: Data breaches since 2007 have affected 3.1m - Boston.com


By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs said Monday that it has been notified of data breaches affecting nearly 3.12 million people since late 2007 and Sept. 30 of last year. The vast majority of those breaches involved ...

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Draft European Commission data rules will give organisation just 24 hours to ... - Financial Times


A database holding the personal details of some 5m customers has been compromised, although it is not yet clear what data have been stolen. The retailer now has just 24 hours to report the breach, not just to the data protection agency of the country ...

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ICO received 10000 data protection complaints in 2011 - PC Advisor


By John E Dunn | Computerworld UK | 25 April 12 The Information Commissioner has fined 14 organisations £1.17 million for breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA) since its inception despite receiving more than 26000 complaints over the same period, ...

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Refund Tax Fraud, iPhone, Feed Identity Theft By Employees - Forbes


Meanwhile, the fraudsters are collecting lists of living identity theft victims, either by planting employees in jobs with access to personal data or corrupting employees who already have such jobs. Former federal prosecutor Latour 'LT' Lafferty, ...

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New Research Reveals One Third of Young Athletes Sidelined Due to Preventable ... - Sacramento Bee


Survey: 1 in 3 Kids Hurt Playing Sports
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Google says parents are to blame if children view porn: Online giant attacks ... - Daily Mail


By Daniel Martin and Phil Chamberlain A Google executive says it is a 'myth' that laws can protect children from internet pornography. Naomi Gummer insisted it was up to parents to keep their children safe from disturbing material.

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Sun Agony Aunt Deidre Sanders calls for change in law on porn - The Sun


Here, Sun agony aunt DEIDRE SANDERS, who gave evidence to an MPs' inquiry on the problem, explains why a change in the law would help keep kids safe. GOOGLE are trying to convince us it is a 'myth' that law changes could protect children from seeing so ...

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How to keep kids safe online - FemaleFirst.co.uk


Watch our video for top tips on how to keep your children safe whilst they're on the internet! As a parent, are you worried about what your child gets up to on the internet? Are you concerned about the amount of disruptions the internet causes whilst ...

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