I don’t like the taste of straight vodka, however expensive. This can be a social obstacle while working in Russia, I’ve found. But apart from one’s particular taste in alcohol, I’ve found that there’s much to recommend outsourcing one’s software development there. The country is loaded with brainy, entrepreneurially-minded engineers who yearn for bigger and…
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The loss of CDs containing the personal information of 25M UK citizens has rightly caused an out-pouring of ‘Shame on you’ on HMRC and prompted questions like ‘How could you let this happen?’ The real question that the British people should be asking though is this: ‘Who else has lost my data that I haven’t…
We asked a number of data protection experts for comment on the controversial loss of disks with details of 25 million individuals. The overwhelming reaction was that it was proof positive that greater care is needed and that a deeply ingrained cultural shift may be required in many organisations. Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, who described…
Part 3 of RIPA 2000 is to be brought into force at last….
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The Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords published a report on 10 August. It includes a series of interesting conclusions and recommendations. Read a brief summary and comment and access the full report….
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Helen Hart summarises and comments on the latest ICO advice….
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Your domain name and those of your clients could be at risk from a soundalike, lookalike, evil, Cyrillic twin. Carolyn Pepper, Emma Pitcher and Milan Joshi explain….
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Christoff Pienaar looks at force majeure and its effect on contracts. Bearing in mind that force majeure clauses inserted into outsourcing and IT services could seriously undermine a customer’s disaster recovery plans, the concept of ‘greater force’ needs to be very fully understood….
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You may have seen – or indeed, if you were unfortunate, have been involved in – a recent high profile attack on the legal profession, which took place via email and attempted to retrieve the banking details of those individuals targeted. James Turnbull outlines how the legal sector, like virtually every other industry, is now officially under attack from the scourge of the spammer….
Marcus Turle reviews the implications of the increasing adoption of biometric technology….