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UK Anonymous keeps up DDoS barrage on ICO

...a variety of methods in attacks on the website of the UK Information Commissioner's Office over the past week, according to a spokesperson for... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Anonymous UK vows to target GCHQ again

...Spiderman' and 'Stella'. The group discussed possible targets, expressing antipathy towards the Information Commissioner's Office, the judiciary and the government. They also talked about... Read more

17 April, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Cheshire East Council lands £80,000 fine for data breach

...Cheshire East council has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to have adequate security measures in place... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Staff

ICO ticks off Manchester hospital for memory stick loss

...losing sensitive personal information relating to the treatment of 87 patients, the Information Commissioner's Office has said. The breach occurred after a medical student... Read more

8 September, 2011 by Staff

Scottish care body rapped by ICO

...The Information Commissioner's Office has found that the organisation that investigates the care... Read more

6 September, 2011 by Staff

Watchdog fines Surrey council over data breaches

...Surrey County Council has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for a "serious breach" of the Data Protection Act... Read more

10 June, 2011 by Staff

Privacy watchdog probes Facebook facial recognition

...The Information Commissioner's Office is looking into possible privacy issues with Facebook's... Read more

9 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO publishes advice on cookie law

...according to the UK privacy authority. The advice was included in the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) cookie law guidance (PDF), published on Monday... Read more

9 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK spammers to be fined up to £500,000

...rules due in late May. The regulatory powers were announced by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on Wednesday and will come into force when... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

London councils fined thousands over lost laptops

...The Information Commissioner's Office has fined two London councils over losses of unencrypted... Read more

9 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO raps NHSBT over data errors

...The Information Commissioner's Office has reprimanded NHS Blood and Transplant for wrongly recording... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Kable

ICO levies first data-breach fines

...The Information Commissioner's Office has used its power to impose data-breach fines... Read more

24 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

MP likens ICO's Google investigation to 'Keystone Kops'

...A Conservative MP has criticised an investigation of Google by the Information Commissioner's Office, likening the probe to a farcical comedy. Robert Halfon... Read more

10 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ICO censures Portsmouth City Council over data breach

...information security measures so that a similar incident cannot occur again. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that Portsmouth council had mistakenly included sensitive... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

ICO consults on data-sharing code draft

...The Information Commissioner's Office is to consult about a new code of practice... Read more

11 October, 2010 by Kable

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

10 minutes ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

4 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

6 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

22 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

1 day ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

2 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

2 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

3 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

3 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

3 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

3 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

3 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

3 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT