Security

Watchdog wants IT to cure privacy woes

Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is urging organisations to put privacy protection at the top of their procurement and development criteria

Queen's Speech outlaws suicide web sites

Additional powers for Information Commissioner also on the agenda for new parliamentary year, but communications database plan is omitted

Company data at the mercy of crooks

Companies House must improve security, say MPs

Data watchdog must prepare to be hounded

The next Information Commissioner will have to cope with intense scrutiny from the media and politicians

Technology and privacy

Watch the final video in a two-part Computing roundtable debate on the importance of putting data privacy issues at the heart of your IT plans

IT staff ethics slip as recession bites

Workers happy to steal information that could help if they hear of job cuts

Technology and privacy

Watch part one of a two-part Computing roundtable debate on the importance of putting data privacy issues at the heart of your IT plans

IT is a key terrorist tool, says IPPR

National infrastructure is stretched and increasingly reliant on IT, says think tank report

HMRC data loss was preventable, says government advisor

Warnings should have been flagged up to avoid the transfer of unencrypted data

European data sharing system to help police track weapons

Law enforcement agencies will be able to identify guns and criminals across the continent

Whitehall bungling undermines ID plans

Dogmatic pursuit of identity cards will benefit nobody

Hard times increase the need for vigilance

The economic downturn will place extra strain on companies’ IT security systems, warns Rob Rowlingson

Lib Dem study highlights poor data management at NHS

Thefts and data losses are spreading throughout the health service

MPs welcome boost for data watchdog

Pay rise is commensurate with increased importance of Information Commissioner, says government

Crime fighters ramp up data matching capabilities

New tools will help law enforcers trace criminal activity

Credit card firms to extend customer data sharing

More details will be shared to improve risk management in lending

Straw bulks up Information Commissioner's powers

Spot checks, greater fines and higher salary as data protection becomes paramount

Information Commissioner to get pay rise

Government keen to emphasise increased importance of data protection

EDS goes unpunished for data loss

Prison staff data had been transferred to the hard drive for a data recovery exercise

Cotton Traders tightens credit card protections

Retailer deploys 'tokenisation' middleware

Computing podcast: Europol's data sharing woes; credit card protection at Cotton Traders

The pan-European fight against organised crime is undermined by lax data sharing arrangements; and Cotton Traders enhances its credit card protection

Have lessons of last year's HMRC fiasco sunk in?

Safeguarding privacy requires a good understanding of both technology and human psychology, says Nigel Jones

NHS hospitals contract Mytob virus

Worm wriggles into IT systems and does a bit of networking

Public still vulnerable to web fraud

Average individual loss reaches £14,500 per incident

Origo rolls out Trend Micro email security

Advanced encryption techniques protect sensitive data