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Powergen coughs up £50 and an apology

Shamed utility giant Powergen is offering £50 compensation to those hit by the security breach that... Read more

19 July, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Powergen's lax security condemned

...of consumer confidence, consumer watchdogs condemned lax security at British utility service Powergen Wednesday, for exposing the credit details of over 7,000 customers on... Read more

19 July, 2000 by Graeme Wearden and Will Knight

PowerGen provides staff with cheap home PCs

Electricity company PowerGen is to spend £2m on providing its staff in the UK with... Read more

26 June, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Laws protecting consumers online need revision

...protect consumers from the sort of security blunders that saw thousands of Powergen customers' credit card details published on the Internet this week. Experts say... Read more

20 July, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Fear and confusion handicaps UK e-commerce

...believes the recent spate of security blunders by big name organisations like Powergen and Barclays have had a negative impact on consumer confidence. "We were... Read more

3 August, 2000 by Graeme Wearden and Will Knight

ZDNet's straw poll - online security fears

...security breaches in online banks and commercial Web sites including the recent Powergen debacle. The Department of Industry, the Office for Fair Trading and power... Read more

21 July, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Roundup: E-Britain on crumbling foundations

...Laws protecting consumers online need revisionThu, 20 Jul In the wake of Powergen's security scare, experts argue not enough is being done to protect... Read more

20 July, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Powergen ditches offshore Indian call centres

All customer service being brought back to the UK Powergen is bringing its offshore call centre work back to the UK from... Read more

15 June, 2006 by Andy McCue

Cable & Wireless inks £6m deal with Powergen parent

...6m, three-year deal with E.ON UK, parent of energy company Powergen, to consolidate E.ON UK's incoming call centre traffic. E.ON... Read more

14 February, 2005 by Jo Best

Powergen checks in to Guardian internet hotels

The Guardian IT Group has contracted Powergen to power its £50m 'Internet Hotel'. The £22m deal makes the site... Read more

3 January, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Data Protection Commissioner washes hands of Powergen

The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has no power to take action against Powergen over the security breach that left 7,000 customer debit card details... Read more

13 October, 2000 by Sarah Left

Powergen scandal: lessons to be learned

The lax security at Powergen has raised a number of issues about best practice in ecommerce. Here... Read more

21 July, 2000 by Sarah Left

BT rats on Powergen over misleading ads

Pot too busy calling kettle black to spot the irony... Utility firm Powergen has been forced to withdraw its current advertising campaign after the claims... Read more

11 October, 2001 by Will Sturgeon

Powergen gives staff free PCs

...give-away time from the web's least favourite utility... Energy group Powergen is offering desktops with internet access from home for £8 a month... Read more

25 June, 2001 by Mark Graham

Back the Act: an unsatisfactory end to the Powergen affair

...Friday's news that the DPC is washing its hands of the Powergen affair only strengthens our resolve, and underscores the need for action. Assistant... Read more

16 October, 2000 by silicon.com staff

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