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Credit Card..? Still Valid When Expired?! '...LAZARUS' !! #CPA's Part II

David Jones wrote 17 hours ago: Well it seems so… After lengthy talks with the retailer concerned in this retail fiasco of usi … more →

Tags: continuous payment authority, Credit Cards, oft, Pandora's Box

#CPA's ..this time on an EXPIRED card...!! 'Continuous Payment Authority' ?!

David Jones wrote 1 day ago: Something is so very wrong Back in 2009 the wheeze of ‘recurring payments’ or the Contin … more →

Tags: continuous payment authority, Credit Cards, oft

What does the ICO think about PRISM and the GDPR?

Kevin Townsend wrote 4 days ago: I’ve never been convinced on the value of the UK’s data protection regulator, the ICO. T … more →

Tags: All, Politics, security issues, EC, GCHQ, gdpr, ICO, NSA, prism

Major DWP UJM security flaw - but forces claimants to use anyway45 comments

skwalker1964 wrote 1 week ago: Please circulate this as widely as you can. I think it is even more massive than the issue of the DW … more →

Tags: Benefits, breach, claimants, Coercion, contempt, cruel, DWP, IDS, Illegal

Events Watch - Emma Snow, Data Protection Act workshop

emilygresh wrote 1 week ago: This is the first in a new series of posts, known as Events Watch. Events Watch enables new professi … more →

Tags: Events Watch, Training, dpa, Data Protection, va, Workshop

The Rise of US Covert Surveillance

domestic empire wrote 1 week ago: Barack Obama defends secret surveillance reports, assuring citizens phone calls are private. But the … more →

Tags: Internet, News, Politics, Software, Truth and lies, Channel 4, Civil Liberties, Covert, Data

As the raw material of the digital economy, are you worried about your privacy or your cut of the profits?1 comment

lawrence serewicz wrote 1 week ago: English: Kazakhstani ID-card. The personal data are deleted Русский: Удостоверение личности граждани … more →

Tags: Information Management, Amazon, "big data", Bupa, Data Mining, economic competitiveness, facebook, Google, Internet

Is Anonymity Compatible with Technology?

sarcasticnyer wrote 2 weeks ago: Earlier today, The Guardian UK wrote an article on current legislation in the EU parliament pursuing … more →

Tags: The Future, Science & Technology, technology, european union, cyber security, Guardian / UK

#CAB '...a cunning plan?!' Curious thing Banks..!

David Jones wrote 2 weeks ago: Well there’s a funny thing.. What struck me recently was something ‘..Out Of The Blue … more →

Tags: Alliance & Leicester, bank of ireland, Banks, Basic Bank Accounts, BBA - British Bankers' Association, CAB - Citizens Advice Bureau, Credit Unions, economy7, heatwise

What a run-around!4 comments

MattC wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ll start with the results of blood tests (blood taken 23 May 2013): Gamma GT – 197 ALT … more →

Tags: Hepatitis C, Hep C, Mental Health, HCV treatment, Hep C Nurses, blood test, ECG, Breach of Medical Confidentiality

Going round in circles! Why TypeTalk and not a BSL interpreter over the phone?2 comments

admin wrote 3 weeks ago: Dear deafauntie, I would like your advice regarding two separate formal complaints I am making again … more →

Tags: Discrimination, Equality, Deaf People, discrimination, Deaf Issues, deaf access, BSL, equality law, Banking

Irish Data Protection Commissioner publishes his 2012 Annual Report

brianfpennington wrote 3 weeks ago: This week sees the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawkes, release his annual report for 2 … more →

Tags: Billy Hawkes

A Couple Of Not So Healthy Uses Of Sensitive Personal Data

KPG Professional Services wrote 3 weeks ago: It transpires that a manager of a leisure centre, run by a local council, who was responsible for ac … more →

Tags: Information Security, Data Protection, Fair Processing, Justice, blagging, breaches, Information Commissioner, ICO, data security

Work Programme providers begin the chase18 comments

Universal Jobmatch wrote 1 month ago: Ipswich Unemployed Action can reveal that both Papworth Trust and Seetec are starting to chase up ex … more →

Tags: Ipswich, Unemployment, /work programme, Papworth Trust, Seetec, Work programme

Digital Media And The Law

conorh9 wrote 1 month ago: Copy Right  is a legal concept that is enforced by governments to protect the authors of original wo … more →

Tags: Digital Media, Copyright, Data Controller, Data Processor, Defamation and Internet Policy in the workplace

Don't forget the people, people. (The one about the dumped pupil data)

Ellie Hurst wrote 1 month ago: I opened up my newsfeed this morning to find a story from staffslive.co.uk Pupil data dumped, device … more →

Tags: Education, schools, Data Protection, Security, Information Security, school security, pupil data, security procedure, School Data

UK ICO launches investigation into Google’s privacy policy

DigitalLawUK wrote 2 months ago: The UK ICO joins the rest of Europe in investigating whether Google complies with Data Protection Le … more →

Tags: News Update, Comment, Google, Privacy, EU Data protection Regs, ICO, UK ICO, CNIL

Week 9 - Cloud computing

beckcom917 wrote 2 months ago: Cloud computing is a model in which computing moves off individual desktop comptuers and into shared … more →

Tags: weekly blogs, Cloud Computing, e-illegal

AWS Security and Compliance Part 2: What If…

Chris Bingham wrote 2 months ago: So time for the long delayed continuation of my investigation of security and compliance on AWS! And … more →

Tags: amazon web services, public cloud, AWS, Security, Regulatory Compliance, data protection directive, Linux, Windows, Bastion Host


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