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Recycling and trash bins next to each other

Norwich City College dumps sensitive student info in a skip

ICO investigation finds another organisation breaking the Data Protection Act

Origin Data Locker storage device

Datalocker III provides enterprise-grade encryption with USB 3.0 connectivity

Device includes 256-bit AES XTS hardware encryption and 32-digit alphanumeric pin protection

Ministry of Defence in Whitehall (Photo - Tagishsimon)

MoD blamed for nuclear submarine information leak

Simple copy-and-paste blunder reveals confidential report on how nuclear subs cope with incidents

Iron Mountain boss out as storage legend brings Reese back

New chief executive faces huge task or quick exit

Companies facing legal repercussions in supporting personal devices

Staff use of company data needs defined policies, warns Forrester

ICO investigating security breach at CEOP

Child protection agency says data is unlikely to be at risk

Iron Mountain to shut down public cloud storage service

Firm follows Vaultscape and EMC out of the infrastructure-as-a-service market

ICO raps York City Council after data breach blunder

Information commissioner Christopher Graham takes action after second public sector data breach in two days

ICO warns public on growing privacy risks from government

Public sector gathering so much data it may find it hard to stop people being identified

BP admits loss of 13,000 oil spill claimants' details

Password-protected device missing along with personal details

Co-operative Group data breach leaks 83,000 customer details online

Group claims data is not sensitive, but ICO has been informed

EU data protection chief slams EC's airline data sharing proposals

Peter Hustinx argues Commission's approach is too wide-ranging

Government calls for cross-border privacy and data protection laws

Ed Vaizey says US and EU should work together to implement single system of regulation to strengthen online privacy

Origin Storage ships DataLocker drive with government-grade encryption

Enterprise drive meets government and military standards for data encryption

Second estate agent fined as ICO clamps down on data breaches

Court sides with ICO as privacy watchdog gets tough

European privacy tsar urges EU to get proactive on data protection

European Data Protection Supervisor encourages EU institutions to balance data protection with transparency

Leicester City Council informs ICO of data loss

USB stick contained key medical information on 2,000 citizens but council confident data is secure

ICO confirms another data breach fine in the offing

Christopher Graham argues regulator is proving it has power to hurt firms

Facebook urges EC caution over privacy regulations

Social network argues most users more concerned about ensuring data is retained on the site, not removed

Play.com customers spammed after data breach

Unspecified number of customers have had names and email addresses compromised

Fire risk at BlueSquare Data site sends web firms offline

Power supply interrupted at Maidenhead datacentre

MEPs voice concerns over SWIFT data transfers

Civil Liberties Committee argues Europol is letting EU citizens down with lax approach to data sharing

ICO raps council for dumping documents in a skip

Watchdog stops short of fining Wolverhampton City Council

ICO fines estate agent over data protection failings

Watchdog reminds all businesses to check requirements under the Data Protection Act

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