Six in ten UK punters fear what gov will do with private data
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The other four believe the moon is made of tasty cheese Research sponsored by Symantec reveals that six out of ten UK citizens do not believe their data is safe with government departments.â¦
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Should they call it something else? Six months after the government announced it would review whether data protection laws were a "barrier" to its information sharing plans, it is still not ready to share its views on the matter.â¦
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Every 14-year-old in England will have their personal details recorded on a permanent database - raising privacy fears.
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The federal government's latest attempt to improve security checks of airline passengers is prompting privacy concerns here and abroad.
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Firms worried by terrorists, animal rights activists and hackers have spent Â£1m on extra security this year, says a survey.
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Tesco self-service tills suffer from an apparent "security loophole", consumer group Which? says.
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Why surveillance is rampant in the UK and who is watching what you do
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The growing number of login names web users need puts privacy at risk, says a UN report.
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A "horrifying" number of organisations have breached data protection rules in the past year, a report says.
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Six properties believed to have been bought with money stolen from pensioners are seized.
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Data on 37 million Brits mislaid Last year was the worst ever for data losses in the UK, with almost 37 million people having their private data compromised.â¦
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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Nine NHS Trusts admit losing patients' details in the latest missing data crisis to strike the government.
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With the EU crafting new laws governing how data collectors such as Google protect users' personal data, lawmakers there are clashing with US business leaders over how far that protection can and should extend.
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Public bodies are ill-prepared for the Freedom of Information Act, says a group of MPs.
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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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'Basic rights need to be guaranteed' in the third pillar The EU's data protection watchdog has warned that European officials are in danger of eroding basic data protection principles and has called on them to reconsider their actions.â¦