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Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

Facebook has put out an updated privacy policy with more details on cookies and targeted ads, but the changes it is proposing do not tackle all the problems, according to the Irish data protection commissioner Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

ICO censures Portsmouth City Council over data breach

...been censured by the information commissioner after it revealed someone else's personal data in a subject access request. The council has agreed to introduce... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Microsoft India hackers grab passwords from store

Microsoft India's online shop has been hacked by a Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team, which stole logins and passwords of shoppers, according to the Times of India Read more

13 February, 2012 by Ellyne Phneah

Metropolitan police leak victims' email addresses

London's police service is apologising to more than a thousand crime victims, who were shown each others' email addresses in an CC/BCC field mix-up Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

IT failings seen as threat to open data push

Public sector IT systems may struggle to deliver on the government's pledge to allow people to see the data the UK authorities hold on them, according to a consultation report published by the Cabinet Office Read more

1 February, 2012 by Jo Best
Google: No opt-out of mix-and-match data

Google: No opt-out of mix-and-match data

People using Google services will not be able to avoid having their data shared across products, once a new privacy policy comes in, unless they abandon the services altogether Read more

25 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Allow brings a profit-sharing approach to personal data

Many companies are compiling personal data and selling it for marketing purposes, and this trend is likely... Read more

6 December, 2010

Android apps expose personal data to advertisers

...law, told Channel 4 News that users need to consent to sharing personal data. "This really concerns me, and this is against the law because... Read more

5 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Gov?t and business to pool clients' personal data

...ICO spokeswoman told ZDNet UK. "Any new scheme involving the sharing of personal data must comply with the Data Protection Act. We will continue to... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Study: Second-hand phones often contain personal data

...Second-hand mobile phones often contain personal data, despite the attempts of owners to wipe devices before selling them... Read more

23 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

ICO urges firms to grant personal data access

Companies need to give people more access to personal information held about them, according to UK data protection... Read more

27 January, 2012

Australia's theSkyNet project exposes personal data

TheSkyNet, which pools computing power from home PCs to analyse radio signals from space, has been accidentally leaking details of the users contributing to the project Read more

20 September, 2011 by Michael Lee
A Study of Exploration of Heterogeneous <endeca_term>Personal Data</endeca_term> Collected From Mobile Devices and Web Services

A Study of Exploration of Heterogeneous Personal Data Collected From Mobile Devices and Web Services

This paper presents a study on the exploration of heterogeneous personal data that are collected from daily life. Most lifelog research has focused... Read more

31 May, 2011
Secure <endeca_term>Personal Data</endeca_term> Servers: A Vision Paper

Secure Personal Data Servers: A Vision Paper

An increasing amount of personal data is automatically gathered and stored on servers by administrations, hospitals, insurance... Read more

17 September, 2010
WISeID Password & <endeca_term>Personal Data</endeca_term> Manager NC. 3.0.1

WISeID Password & Personal Data Manager NC. 3.0.1

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9 February, 2012

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