Firms face GCHQ data tracking
Prime Minister David Cameron is urging large companies to allow GCHQ to monitor the data passing over their critical networks….
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Trade bodies sign up to DataSeal
DM information security scheme DataSeal has been expanded beyond the DMA membership to members of the IPA, ISBA and IPM…
Stalkers’ Facebook app is scam
A new Facebook app which claims to show users who is stalking them, generates spam messages promoting the tool to…
ID thief gets 8½ years in jail
An ID thief who stole over 350 people’s identities, and claimed more than £1.3m in tax credits under false names,…
Public bodies in data loss fiasco
The public sector’s reputation for handling personal data has once again been dragged through the mud after two separate incidences…
£6m injection to fight cybercrime
The Home Office is planning to inject £63m into police budgets to combat cybercrime, which, according to some estimates, has…
ICO fines send warning to brands
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been flexing its muscle by hitting two London councils where it hurts – in…
Brands ‘not trusted to hold data’
Some 96 per cent of people do not trust brand owners to keep their personal data secure, according to a…
Facebook acts after hack attack
Facebook is tightening up security on its site by offering users an encryption service following a number of high-profile hacks,…
Lush scraps site after data breach
Home-made cosmetics brand Lush has scrapped its online store, www.lush.co.uk, after admitting that it was hacked repeatedly by fraudsters over…