16 May 2012

More top tips to help your children stay safe online - BT Life (blog)


The internet is an amazing resource for your children - helping them interact, learn and have fun from the safety of your home - alongside the Internet Green X Code, there are a few more steps you can take to help your children stay safe online.

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Trust in the "personal data economy" in decline - WEF - Information Age


Lack of Trust in the Use of Personal Data Threatens to Undermine the Digital ...
MarketWatch (press release)


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Medical and social security records being stored unlawfully and ... - The Independent


When all types are data offence are taken into account, ranging from breaches of the Data Protection Act to inappropriate browsing of personal records of benefits claimants, some 1172 civil servants were disciplined between April 2010 and last March, ...

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Microsoft Explains Family Safety Features Baked into Windows 8 - Hot Hardware


Microsoft hears you loud and clear is and is working hard to keep kids relatively safe online by baking 'Family Safety' features into Windows 8. A recent blog post on Microsoft's MSDN site covers these features in some detail to give parents ...

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Database breach audit results in resignation of state technology chief - ksl.com


By Wendy Leonard and Lisa Riley Roche SALT LAKE CITY รข€" The state's executive director of technology services, Stephen Fletcher, has been terminated over the data breach that compromised personal medical information of an estimated 800000 Utahns. Gov.

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Application Security, Inc. Pledges One Million Dollars Of Database Security ... - MarketWatch (press release)


Application Security Inc. vows to 'give away' up $1 million in database ...
CSO (blog)


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Top court to decide if data on work computer is private - CTV.ca


No one is saying employers can't be vigilant over their employees and to ensure that their computers aren't being misused," he says. But it's another to say that the state and police have the right to "piggyback" on that right too, says Hutchison.

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EarthLink Business Launches Cloud Workspace - Sacramento Bee


EarthLink Business Adds Hosted Desktop to IT Services
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MESSENGER MUMS: Online safety starts at home - Southern Times Messenger


Mrs Shearer joined our other Messenger Mums last week to talk about cyber safety for primary school-aged children. Our mums all agreed the key to keeping children safe was making sure parents spoke openly about the internet's pitfalls.

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Cyber security should be promoted with hard-hitting ad campaign, says Labour - The Guardian


Murphy committed Labour to ensuring that keeping safe online becomes an important part of the UK's national curriculum review, so that children realise the dangers as well as the advantages of going online. "The government should also consider a public ...

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