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Public confidence shaken by data breaches
News Public confidence has been shaken," said William Beer, Symantec's European security practice director. Public confidence in the government's ability to safeguard data would have been shaken further by other recent government data breaches, said Beer.
[December 13, 2007, 11:56]
Police 'misusing national computer'
News Misuse of the Police National Computer (PNC) by officers is undermining public confidence in the police's ability to handle data, according to the deputy chair of the police complaints commission. If all this information is going to be floating...
[July 16, 2004, 12:00]
Government data sharing may harm public trust
News The government has been warned that increased data sharing between departments and services could result in a decline in citizens' confidence in public bodies. The current push by the government towards increased data sharing could backfire, with...
[November 9, 2007, 14:27]
Blunkett: UK losing faith in ID cards
News MP David Blunkett, architect of the National Identity Scheme, has said there has been a "massive drop" in public confidence in ID cards. Over the last two years, we seem to have had a massive drop in confidence in the system.
[May 1, 2009, 17:08]
Scottish gov't plans personal data cull
News This is about embedding principles and instilling further confidence in public services. They are aimed at raising confidence in the management of personal data, amid fears that a growing dependence on centralised databases has created substantial...
[September 3, 2009, 16:29]
Scottish gov't forms data privacy group
News While I am confident that public bodies are already working to high standards of IT security, we recognise the need to ensure public confidence in the public sector's handling of personal information," Scottish finance secretary John Swinney said...
[September 10, 2008, 14:08]
CSA IT 'a turkey from day one'
News It is hard to think of a body in which the public has less confidence: in 2005-06 alone, there were 55,000 complaints about the CSA. Three years after it was introduced, it still had 500 defects and staff confidence has been seriously damaged.
[July 5, 2007, 15:15]
A Year Ago: Public pays for banks' insecurity
News Even more frustrating than this insecurity, however, is the suggestion that banks actually prefer to leave their computers open to attack and charge customers extra for the damage that may be caused rather than address security faults and risk a...
[July 25, 2000, 6:55]
Businesses warned of profiling dangers
News Thomas said that businesses risk "a public backlash" against the building of customer profiles and a loss of public confidence. Businesses and police risk forfeiting public confidence. Thomas said that data improperly used against those suspected...
[March 28, 2007, 17:26]
Lords: Government doesn't get internet threat
News The Lords report had warned of the danger that public confidence in the internet would be lost, due to "perception that the internet is a lawless 'Wild West'. However, in its reply, the government rejected "the suggestion that the public has lost...
[October 31, 2007, 14:20]
Privacy watchdog fears government super-database
News Responding to the policy review, the Information Commissioner's Office warned that relaxing these rules could cause excessive surveillance and data-sharing, leading to loss of public trust and confidence in the government.
[January 15, 2007, 16:15]
Dutch researchers release Oyster-hack details
News In the wake of his team's publication of the hack details, Jacobs said, the implication for Oyster card administrators at Transport for London (TfL) was that public confidence in the travelcards could be undermined, and that criminals could...
[October 7, 2008, 15:02]
Public pays for Banks' insecurity
News Even more frustrating than this insecurity, however, is the suggestion that banks actually prefer to leave their computers open to attack and charge customers extra for the damage that may be caused rather than address security faults and risk a...
[July 23, 1999, 14:05]
Fear and confusion handicaps UK e-commerce
News Report author Alison Hopkins believes the recent spate of security blunders by big name organisations like Powergen and Barclays have had a negative impact on consumer confidence. Hopkins gave a cautious welcome to the recently launched TrustUK...
[August 3, 2000, 13:23]
Action 2000 calls for bug free guarantee
News It is time to give confidence to the consumer that everything possible is being done. Generating confidence is the only way to avoid panic. It follows criticism last week from the Consumers' Association, blaming companies' lack of public assurance...
[January 11, 1999, 15:02]
What Microsoft needs to do about the Sidekick fiasco
Blog Not only did it restore confidence in Apache, it took a bad event and turned it into a public good. Forget about the loss of consumer confidence in Sidekick - that's gone, and won't come back. There are plenty of rumours, including sabotage...
[October 13, 2009, 21:23]
Watchdog: HMRC did breach data laws
News The information commissioner added that public confidence in new government data schemes, such as the National Identity Register, would be shaken unless the government tightened security and privacy. Public trust and confidence must be earned...
[December 18, 2007, 13:54]
Public sector wins new volume discounts from Microsoft
News A spokesman for the OGC would only confirm to ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com that talks to renew the deal have been going on but that the details are in "commercial confidence". As part of a mooted new three-year deal, Microsoft will offer a...
[August 18, 2004, 10:25]
Public sector embraces open source
News The results indicate a growing confidence in the technology, in which the source code of the programme is freely available for use or modification. In a poll that drew 182 responses from all areas of the public sector, 35 percent said open source...
[May 2, 2007, 10:14]
Public rejects high-street enrolment for ID cards
News It appears that they have more confidence in government buildings, and are not deterred by their possibly less convenient location," Martin said. Less than 30 percent of the UK public wants to enrol for ID cards at private-sector retailers, despite...
[November 17, 2008, 7:09]
