Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy: “A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service will break the law. But the company says that its…
Would a data notification law improve UK data security?: “ How to prevent more government data disasters A panel of experts in data protection was beaten yesterday by a simple question from the floor: ‘Can…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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….
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…