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A lack of training in handling sensitive data is said to be the main cause in the latest Data Protection Breaches. Three councils including London Borough of Barnet, West Sussex County Council and Buckinghamshire County Council have all been found in breach of the Data Protection Act and as a result, over 9000 children’s data has been put at risk.
A laptop containing the personal details of over 13,000 British farmers has been stolen from a parked car. DairyCo - an organisation set up to improve the quality of the UK dairy market - has written to all those affected in apology.
The world of Online Backup is littered with Buzz words, thrown around by techno-junkies yet understood by few. Hopefully this quick blog post will explain some of the terms that might cross your path, but if you can think of any we haven't included, leave them in the comment section.
Backup Direct's Managing Director, Brett Raynes, was recently asked to write an article for Director of Finance magazine about the importance of backup in Financial Services companies. You can read that article here.
Each year over 250,000 laptops are stolen in the UK. Plus many more lost.
If you're at a hotspot such as Heathrow Airport, you may be one of 900 that report their laptop stolen - each week!
For small companies who regularly deal with customer credit or debit card details there is an increasing pressure to conform to regulations set out by the PCI Security Standards Council. Founded by the major payment brands; American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard and Visa, the PCI’s role is to strengthen payment account data security.
Yet again large organisations (that should know better) fail to do the basics when it comes to protecting their own and - more importantly - our own private data. A quick scan of the web quickly reveals a list of embarrassing 'lost data' events (click on the links to go directly to the article):
