Consumers warned on data loss compensation packs
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'Little chance for success' Victims of Government data loss are being encouraged to buy packs claiming to help them claim compensation. Thousands have paid out, but privacy lawyers have warned that success is very unlikely.â¦
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Users are finding lots of inventive ways to lose precious files, say data recovery experts.
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Many corporations today employ multiple techniques to protect against data loss. Unfortunately, the various approaches are often applied and managed in an uncoordinated manner. Ironically, the nightly backup, for some critical classes of applications, becomes almost irrelevant, representing a tertiary, "last ditch" level of data protection.
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Experts are concerned that data may not being properly protected by the IRS and that a massive data loss by the agency, similar to the one last month by the U.K.'s Revenue and Customs office, could disrupt the nation's banking system.
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LOS ANGELES - California university officials have warned nearly 600,000 students and faculty that they might be exposed to identity theft following incidents where computer hard drives loaded with their private information were lost or hacked into.
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Online technology retailer Geeks.com displays a security vendor's "Hacker Safe" logo on its Web site. But now it's warning customers of a possible data compromise.
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IT experts issue a warning over a potential security risk to primary school pupils' personal data.
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Some sales reps at brick-and-mortar retailers convince PC purchasers to buy unnecessary store-made backups.
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AMERICAN FORK, Utah - With videos, pictures and reams of other data piling up on computers everywhere, consumers who want some insurance against losing it all have a growing number of online backup options.
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Software vendor mulls how to compensate Chinese comupter users effected by a buggy antivirus update last week.
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Things get ugly for Buy.com customers when rebates go missing.
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The state of California has warned residents that their personal data may have been stolen from computers at the University of California, Berkeley, after a database used by researchers there was compromised by hackers.
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Updates pushed out last week by Microsoft to Windows Vista users to prep PCs for next month's release of Service Pack 1 have crippled some machines, according to messages posted to the company's support site.
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Consumer group Which? says banks should automatically compensate victims of online phishing frauds.
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And more cash for ICO A committee of MPs has dismissed government denials that recent data losses were the result of individual failures and called for legislation to punish such reckless treatment of private data in future.â¦
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Blog: Researcher finds a basic cookie handling error that could compromise Windows PCs.
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Retailer tells customers who purchased an Insignia 10.4-inch Digital Picture Frame to beware of a virus that has infected the device.