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Archive for the ‘Database Nation’ Category

Letter from Berlin: Personal Data, Down the Rabbit Hole: “A new scandal in Germany over stolen and misused private information has raised a call by government ministers for stricter data-protection laws. But basic details about every German citizen — and banking data for up to 20 million — are already in general circulation.”

(Via SPIEGEL ONLINE - International.)

How should our details be protected?: “A computer memory stick containing the personal information of tens of thousands of criminals has been lost. Who should be responsible for keeping our personal information secure?”

(Via BBC News.)

Company loses data on criminals: “A contractor working for the Home Office loses computer memory stick containing details of tens of thousands of criminals.”

(Via BBC News.)

UK.gov loses 29 million personal records: “

Magnificent year-long datachunder

UK government departments have managed to leak a total of 29 million personal records over a single year.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

UK.gov to spend hundreds of millions on snooping silo: “

Überdatabase pork barrel ahoy

Exclusive The government is pressing ahead with plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on a massive central silo for all UK communications data, The Register has learned.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

MoJ admits data breaches affecting 45,000: “

Long arm of the law has butter fingers

The Ministry of Justice has reported eight data breach incidents affecting around 45,000 people.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Phorm papers reveal BT’s backwards approach to wiretap law: “

Would you trust these men with your network security?

Exclusive BT’s long-held claim that legal advice said its Phorm trials did not breach wiretapping laws came under renewed scrutiny today, as documents revealed the firm approached government experts after it had secretly co-opted 18,000 broadband customers into the advertising targeting system.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

Snoop more, share less - Home Office spurns EU advice: “

Databases not safe, says database-loving gov

Government responses to two outwardly unrelated bits of EU policy go a long way to explain what it really thinks about the War on Terror and the rights of individual citizens.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

UK questioned on online ad system: “The UK government has been given a month to respond to EU concerns over Phorm.”

(Via BBC News.)

Congress quizzes world+dog over data pimping: “

Phorm letter

US Congressman Ed Markey and his anti-data-pimping brigade are back on the warpath.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)