Wider use of private data planned
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Tories warn of "state snooping'' as greater sharing of private data between Whitehall departments is planned.
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Media & professional: Cash intended to improve facilities and allow residents greater privacy.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is laying plans for a secret electronic network to ensure confidential information-sharing following a terrorist strike or natural disaster.
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A bill introduced in the US Senate on Tuesday aims to strengthen security requirements for all private databases accessible online that may hold personal information. Reintroducing language that had been stalled since 2005, if passed, the bill could hold IT managers accountable and responsible for security breaches where personal information is pilfered.
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Blog: With that purpose in mind, space agency plans to share info with private industry.
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Networld World's Scott Bradner has gotten a good look at the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act Of 2007. He's much, much less than impressed.
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Proposed changes to law aim to deter insiders and others who sell or deliberately misuse confidential information.
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A new feature called AskEraser will let users perform anonymous searches.
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Increasing concerns about identity theft are driving a growing number of counties to start redacting personal data from public records on their Web sites. But the work remains challenging.
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The social networking site's Data Store API beta program may indicated plans to offer a data storage service to developers.
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Google Inc. is shortening the life span of its "cookie" data-tracking file &#151; but it's not clear whether the move would do much to enhance privacy.
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Media & professional: Google to begin deleting private information it stores on the computers of millions of users.
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Government official calls for tools to help investigators sift through increasing amounts of data seized by law enforcement.
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A flurry of new data regulations are arriving in the next year, and yet again businesses are expected to comply with an increased number of complex, arcane and often conflicting requirements.  More than ever, companies need clear information about their data protection and data exposure.  Yet data protection products are further away than ever from providing this information.  Download this white paper now to learn how to protect your businesses data.
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The Bush administration on Monday released new guidelines aimed at protecting the privacy of U.S. citizens as the government moves to enhance its sharing of information as part of post-September 11 reforms.
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Some data is private. Other data, less so. Secure applications make it possible--and easy--to keep user data visible to the right people and invisible to the wrong people. Vladi Belperchinov explains how access control works and demonstrates with working code suitable for implementing your own access controls.
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Company's upgrades will put a particular focus on protecting personal information from online thieves.