PreviousData watchdog lacks bite for business lapses
Comment Tory plans should include beefing up the information commissioner's powers against business breaches, says Alan Calder [24 Sep 2009]
Anti-cybercrime centre opens for research
News The £30m Centre for Secure Information Technologies in Belfast is working on powerful processors for data-scanning and other projects to protect people both online and offline [24 Sep 2009]
Lib Dems: Don't count on Tories over surveillance
News Liberal Democrat shadow ministers have argued at their annual conference that the Conservatives do not go far enough in opposing government surveillance and databases [23 Sep 2009]
eBay, Yahoo among most trusted for privacy
News The companies are among the top 10 most trusted in terms of privacy, according to a new study, though the Electronic Frontier Foundation warns trusted is not the same as trustworthy [17 Sep 2009]
Tories pledge to end the database state
News The Conservatives have promised to reverse the 'rise of the surveillance state' in a policy paper describing plans for fewer giant government databases and stronger powers to protect personal privacy [16 Sep 2009]
First identity commissioner appointed
News As part of his role, former civil servant Sir Joseph Pilling will act on behalf of the public to ensure information on the National Identity Register is accurate and secure [16 Sep 2009]
Obama taps OpenID for government websites
News Yahoo, Google and eight other top technology companies are participating in an effort to bring OpenID single login to US government websites as part of Obama's Gov 2.0 initiative [10 Sep 2009]
NHS security breach in Scotland revealed
News Scottish NHS education department agrees to take steps to improve data security after an unencrypted laptop is stolen [10 Sep 2009]
Microsoft releases critical Windows patches
News The software maker has issued five operating-system related updates as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday [09 Sep 2009]
Wigan loses unencrypted data on 43,000 children
News Wigan Council breached data-protection law by allowing unencrypted data on pupils to be downloaded to a laptop, according to the Information Commissioner's Office [07 Sep 2009]
Scottish gov't plans personal data cull
News The proposed initiative would mean public sector organisations in Scotland will be banned from creating large databases of personal information [03 Sep 2009]
Amazon's cloud gets multi-factor authentication
News Amazon Web Services customers will be able to buy a small device that adds extra security to their accounts, but the code-generators are currently only available in the US [01 Sep 2009]
Bletchley Park disappointed by funding rebuff
News The director of Bletchley Park Trust says the amount requested for the home of British World War II cryptography is modest [28 Aug 2009]
Attack cracks Wi-Fi crypto in a minute
News Users who have been slow to upgrade are being urged to drop WPA with TKIP as a secure method of protection for their routers [28 Aug 2009]
London police seek mobile ID checkers
News The Metropolitan Police Service has issued a tender notice for a framework agreement for the provision, support and integration of handheld mobile identification units [27 Aug 2009]
Home Office data loss included drug records
News The volume of data on a lost memory stick was much larger than originally reported, the Home Office has confirmed [27 Aug 2009]
Privacy watchdog raps Sutton over data losses
News The London Borough of Sutton has been told to encrypt mobile devices and train staff after a run of incidents in which it lost people's personal information [25 Aug 2009]
Tech industry could get crack at ID card security
News The Home Office says it is considering enlisting IT companies to test its ID card security, after rebuffing offers by a researcher to demonstrate how the card's data can be faked [14 Aug 2009]
UK gets its own official Pirate Party
News The party will campaign on technology and copyright-law reform, and intends to put up candidates in the next general election [13 Aug 2009]
Study finds ID scheme cancellation could save £3.1bn
News The next government could save billions of pounds if it cancels identity cards and fingerprints in passports, according to a recent analysis [13 Aug 2009]
