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Data security in Government: a briefing on the Poynter report: “Four reports were published yesterday that relate to the security of Government information systems. The recommendations in one of them, the Poynter report, may be familiar to anyone who knows international security standard ISO27001.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Data security in Government: a briefing on Sir Gus O’Donnell’s report: “Sir Gus O’Donnell wrote one of the four reports published yesterday on the security of Government information systems. The report will have a major impact on both the public and private sectors.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing: “Advocacy groups and legal experts told Congress that it was unreasonable for federal officials to search the laptops of United States citizens when they re-enter the country from traveling abroad.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Government lays plans to avoid future data security blunders: “The loss last year of 25 million records by HM Revenue and Customs was the result of ‘woefully inadequate’ processes for data handling, not individual employees, according to an investigation. The Government has responded with new data security plans.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Culture of insecurity blamed for HMRC data loss: “

Official reports lambast UK.gov over data breaches

A culture of insecurity rather than mistakes by any single official has been blamed for the HMRC data loss debacle, an official inquiry is expected to report on Wednesday.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

HMRC culture ’caused discs loss’: “The loss of 25 million child benefit records can not be blamed on a single government official, a report is expected to say.”

(Via BBC News.)

So, what can you photograph?: “

Anything - bar a few exceptions

It may surprise readers to learn that with a few very specific exceptions, there is no law in the UK against taking photographs. That said, there are a range of quite specific exceptions to this rule.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Secure-Tunnel Announces Release of ST Xpress, A Free Anonymous Web Proxy

Secure-Tunnel.com announced the release of a free anonymous proxy service to combat internet censorship. The new service dubbed Secure-Tunnel Xpress requires no installation and can be used from anywhere internet access is available. The new service can be found at https://www.secure-tunnel.com.

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Virgin Media burns customer banking details to CD, then loses it: “

If only they had some sort of network instead…

Virgin Media is conducting an internal inquiry into why 3,000 customers’ bank details were burned to a CD which was then lost, it emerged today.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

Yet another data security breach…

Six laptops stolen from hospital: “Computers containing information about 20,000 patients are stolen from a secure room in a south London hospital.”

(Via BBC News.)