On April 28, eUKhost posted an alert on their web site: In the past 24 hours we have been made aware that there has been a compromise of our billing system. Although the method of the compromise remains unclear, we can confirm that an administrator level login was compromised and an IP address added to…
Category: Non-U.S.
AU: OAIC updates data breach guidelines
Hamish Barwick reports: The Office of the Australian Information Commission (OAIC) has updated its voluntary data breach guidelines as a means of encouraging organisations to notify the public in the advent of a data breach. The new guidelines, entitled Data breach notification, update the August 2008 Guide to handling personal information security breaches. Information Commissioner, John McMillian,…
UK: Axway provides statistics on complaints to the ICO
Axway issued a press release with some interesting statistics on complaints made to the Information Commissioner Office (ICO). They obtained the data under Freedom of Information requests. Here are some of the statistics they compiled: Since April 2010, 35% of complaints to the ICO involved disclosure of personal data and security breaches. This year alone, the…
Watchdog defends apparent discrepancies in fines for private and public sector data breaches
The UK’s data protection watchdog has defended its policy of issuing fines after newly released figures suggested private sector organisations are issued with disproportionately fewer fines than local Government ones. Read more on Out-Law.com.
UK: After drive with client data sold on the Internet, Safe and Secure Insurance Services signs undertaking to improve data protection
Safe and Secure Insurance Services Limited in the U.K. apparently wasn’t that safe and secure. The Information Commissioner’s Office had the firm sign an undertaking after a hard drive containing their clients’ data was purchased over the Internet. The documents on the drive mainly consisted of insurance quotes and application forms dating from 2009 –…
Cn: 1,700 arrested on stealing personal data
Wow. He Dan reports: Police across the country have arrested more than 1,700 people on suspicion of stealing or misusing personal information, according to the Ministry of Public Security. Under the ministry’s deployment, police in 20 provincial-level regions, including Beijing and Shanxi, uncovered 38 operations where people’s personal details were being illegally traded, according to…