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Client blows whistle on data theft in BPO

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dissent

Another incident involving an Indian call center and theft of personal information. Roxy Gagdekar reports: A BPO data theft came to light after a client blew the whistle on an employee of FGMB-PM Services Pvt Ltd who had sold the data to a former employee and current rival of the company. FGMB’s clients blew the…

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NHS staff to improve data handling after details of cancer patients go missing

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dissent

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust has pledged to improve data security after it informed the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of a data breach involving the loss or theft of three unencrypted USB sticks containing sensitive patient information. Each of the devices contained the full treatment and full diagnosis history relating to a number…

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Stolen laptops biggest danger as extent of UK data losses revealed

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

Karl Flinders reports: UK CIOs reported 356 data loss incidents last year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by a software supplier has revealed. The FOI request to the information commissioner’s office by Software AG revealed that within the 356 reported incidents 71 memory sticks and CDs were lost, 127 devices including laptops were stolen…

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UPDATE: Hackers target Guardian jobs site

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Dissent

Jack Schofield of the Guardian provides more detail on a breach previously reported here. The Guardian has emailed “up to half a million” users of its UK-based Jobs website to tell them that some of their personal data may have been compromised by “a sophisticated and deliberate hack” on Friday night. A Guardian spokesperson said…

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AU: Banks send customers’ personal details overseas

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Dissent

Steve Lewis reports: Angry customers are urging the Federal Government to stop the big banks from sending their personal details to offshore processing centres. A national poll has found 83 per cent want the banks to seek written permission from their customers before sending confidential data to overseas. At least two of the major four…

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BNP leader ‘paid for UKIP member list’

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Dissent

Daniel Foggo and Jon Ungoed-Thomas report: Nick Griffin is to be investigated by the privacy watchdog after the BNP [British National Party] leader was accused of paying for a database containing the names and addresses of thousands of members of a rival party. The database, which belonged to the UK Independence party and contained the…

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