The recent case of Zurich Insurance receiving a £2.275 million fine for loss of personal data highlights the risks involved in managing data transfer when outsourcing IT services.
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Online marketing and advertisments will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.
A CD containing sensitive personal data was discovered at a bus stop and was unencrypted with no password protection.
One in twenty employees face a reprimand for email 'bloomers'.
A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.
Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.
A glitch in Middlesex University’s I.T system meant 2500 acceptance letters mistakenly offering places were sent out to applicants.
More Facebook users are reporting suspicious behaviour.
An indecent image of children posted onto a law student’s Facebook page, together with a comment falsely indicating he was a paedophile, was held to be defamatory and deeply offensive.
This guidance document examines the Digital Economy Act 2010 and its implications for universities and colleges in the UK.
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