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Personal Data Exposed Via EBay Storage
News The company said most contained some kind of confidential or personal data including phone numbers, email addresses, letters and even temporary files created by Internet browsers which contained passwords for online banking.
[September 14, 2005, 13:15]
Personal Server Takes Your Data With You
News Instead, says Want, it makes sense to carry your data around in a self-contained package and use whatever display and input devices are available wherever you find yourself. Other applications he suggested: streaming your collection of audio or...
[September 16, 2003, 10:25]
Online Pollster Reveals Personal Data
News A spokesman for the UK's Information Commissioner said that this "almost certainly" contravenes the Data Protection Act, but described it as an "unintentional cock-up" rather than a serious or deliberate breach of the legislation.
[August 27, 2002, 10:12]
Office XP Hole Compromises Personal Data
News This encrypts data sent over the Internet, but not the document," Laver clarified. Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer version 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along...
[October 18, 2001, 17:07]
European Parliament Restricts Access To Personal Data
News The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee approved a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato on Wednesday, in favour of a strict regulation of law enforcement authorities' access to personal data in the electronic communications sector.
[July 12, 2001, 15:54]
US Gov't: Treat Personal Data 'like Toxic Waste'
News There have been a series of high-profile data losses by civil servants in the US and the UK in the past year, including the loss of 25 million personal details by HM Revenue & Customs in the UK last autumn.
[April 10, 2008, 12:02]
EU Creates Loophole For Personal Data Transfers
News Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to receive personal data from businesses within EU member states under a standard contractual clause newly adopted by the European Commission.
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
Ministry Of Justice Loses Four CDs Of Personal Data
News The Ministry of Justice has lost four CDs containing personal data. Ministers and the information commissioner were notified immediately [when] it was recognised that personal data had been lost. The government department responsible for UK courts...
[January 23, 2008, 12:33]
Office XP Hole Compromises Personal Data
Talkback not just office, even windows XP has those.just look at the services (administrative tools) included that is running in the background.some of them are security risks, that needs to be disabled.thats the same reason the w32.worm (can't remember...
[November 17, 2003, 14:38]
Egg Admits Another Personal Data Blunder
News But according to a spokesman from the Association for Payment of Credit Services (APCS) banks are under no obligation to secure credit card numbers or personal details. What mesures do you think banks should take to protect customer's personal...
[December 1, 1999, 16:55]
British ISPs Forced To Reveal Customers' Personal Data
Talkback Music downloads, a whole host of opinions on the subject. I have several opinions: Some people will exploit whatever system they can. This is why many music pirates will steal music and make real fake CDs.
[October 15, 2004, 17:43]
Insurance Site Exposes Personal Data
News Thanks to an apparent software glitch, their personal information was left on the company's Web site for all the world to see. MSNBC.com was alerted to the problem late on Tuesday by a prospective SelectQuote customer, who was outraged that other...
[March 23, 2000, 8:54]
British ISPs Forced To Reveal Customers' Personal Data
Talkback This is great, it will help to drive the move towards fully anonymous P2P networks where file fragments are shuttled around in such a way that it's near impossible to tell who has which files. Then the RIAA, BPI etc.will be completely stuffed as...
[October 18, 2004, 12:01]
Stealth Searches Scan Personal Data
Talkback Are there any American who can write 21st century version of "1984"? Actually, it's much easier than what George Orwell did, because what the author needs to do is only to describe the country as it is.
[May 27, 2004, 15:57]
British ISPs Forced To Reveal Customers' Personal Data
Talkback What's more important, £300 for the company or the data protection act?
[October 15, 2004, 13:38]
British ISPs Forced To Reveal Customers' Personal Data
Talkback Whilst sawpping and sharing of copyrighted material is wrong, and should not be condoned, the industry brought this upon themselves. For years the consumer demanded access to their favourite artists and tracks in digital format and the industry did...
[October 15, 2004, 13:14]
Personal Server Takes Your Data With You
Talkback oqo have been pushing a similar concept for a while. It doesn't have the wireless option (yet), but does have a touch screen so it can be used stand-alone aswell.http://www.oqo.com
[September 17, 2003, 11:27]
Security Hole Threatens MP3 Users' Personal Data
News MP3 fans using the Morpheus file-swapping service risk having their personal details exposed online, according to security experts. The security hole means that the personal details of millions of people are now at risk of exposure.
[February 4, 2002, 12:12]
Exclusive: BT's Security Hole Reveals Personal Data
News The personal details -- including addresses, home telephone numbers and email details -- of everyone who has signed up for BTopenworld's broadband service have inadvertently been left on BT's Web site.
[April 27, 2000, 14:05]
Safeguarding Financial Privacy With Enterprise Single Sign-On: One Step In Assuring That Service Providers Protect Your Customers' Personal Financial Data
White Papers Financial institutions must take steps to secure customer data from unauthorized access in order to comply with this federal law. Their governing bodies, which can range from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to the Federal Trade...
[May 9, 2005, 0:00]
