Businesses are not protecting our data, say consumers - PC Advisor

The results emphasise the difficult position companies are in as the European Commission moves towards a mandatory data breach disclosure regime. Companies have been encouraged to put more preventative measures in place to tackle possible data leaks, ...

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Regulatory compliance alone not protecting practices against data breaches - American Medical News

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ICO to spot company data breaches through analysis - ZDNet UK (blog)

By Tom Espiner , 26 April, 2012 14:21 Data watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office is to begin aggregating complaints about private sector organisations in an effort to bring more fines against companies for breaches of UK data law.

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China Escalates Crackdown On Internet Amid Scandal - Wall Street Journal

"Recently, criminal elements have used Sina Weibo to create and spread malicious political rumors online for no reason, producing a terrible effect on society," the notice said. It said the deleted users have "already been dealt with by public security ...

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Health Care Data Breaches Highlight Need for Security Investment - eWeek

Massive health care data breaches in Atlanta, South Carolina and Utah show a need for securing mobile devices, increasing audits and using intrusion-protection software. Within a few weeks' time, massive health care breaches have been made public at ...

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Data breaches cost Australian organisations over two million dollars per incident - ABC Online

Over the last year, data breaches have become commonplace with both global and local brands falling victim to attackers. Household brands have come under scrutiny as customer data including names, email addresses and potentially even credit card ...

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UK public sector accounts for bulk of data breach fines - BBC News

The UK's private sector accounted for more than a third of all reported data breaches over 11 months, but less than 1% of the resulting fines, according to a Freedom of Information request. The data was issued by the Information Commissioner's Office ...

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2 Medicaid Data Breaches, 1 Weak Link: Employees - InformationWeek

Second data breach at a state Medicaid agency in less than a month shows need to limit employee access to confidential data, regardless of other security procedures. By Ken Terry InformationWeek For the second time in less than a month, there has been ...

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Dealing with Data Theft/Siphoning in an Organization - PC Quest

Imprisonment of upto three years or a fine of upto Rs. 5 lakh or both are the bare minimum consequences of data theft. It could even be worse. We present a few live cases followed by how to deal with them legally As data becomes the largest corporate ...

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EEOC to Issue New Guidelines on Background Checks - MyFox Phoenix

SAM HANANEL,AP WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is issuing new guidelines that could make it tougher for employers to screen out job applicants using criminal background checks. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the move is an effort to ...

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New York City portrayed online in 870000 images - Times Herald-Record

The rare crime scene photograph from Nov. 24, 1915, is one of 870000 images of New York City and its municipal operations now available to the public on the Internet for the first time. The city Department of Records officially announced the debut of ...

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Children should limit use of mobiles, says new report - BBC News

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has done the biggest ever investigation into the safety of mobiles. The results say mobiles ARE safe to use but children shouldn't use them too often - just in case. Ever since people started using mobiles in the ...

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Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu - Mobiledia

By Sandy Fitzgerald Doctors are sending texts to parents, notifying them of the dangers of the flu and where to get vaccinations, highlighting how mobile technology is keeping people healthy. Researchers, which followed over 9000 lower-income children, ...

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Google: responsible parents not new laws will keep children safe online - Recombu

Google has warned that new laws won't be able to protect children online unless parents take charge of protecting them from the worst of the Web. Many parents are helping under-age children to join sites like Facebook instead of protecting them, ...

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