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Showing 1-7 of 7 results foundU.K. commissioner blames CEOs for data breaches
July 11, 2007 "How can laptops holding details of customer accounts be used away from the office without strong encryption?" Richard Thomas scolds.British ID thieves face jail time
July 25, 2006 U.K. government proposes up to two years in jail for crooks who misuse other people's personal data.Study: Businesses falling short on data disposal
September 24, 2007 Study commissioned by BT Group finds that many organizations fail to clean sensitive data off secondhand hard disks.eBay, Amazon take heat on privacy practices
August 31, 2006 The Net giants incur the wrath of Privacy International, and eBay draws the attention of the U.K.'s Information Commissioner.U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'
November 21, 2007 Two discs containing details on those who receive child benefits go missing because of "major contravention" of data-protection laws.U.K. data thieves face two years in prison
February 7, 2007 Proposed changes to law aim to deter insiders and others who sell or deliberately misuse confidential information.British banks to cancel cards used for Net child porn
July 20, 2006 Under new legislation, police to notify credit card issuers about transactions used to access illegal content online. Sponsored matches for "U.K."
