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Scottish Advocate’s legal files lost after unencrypted laptop theft

A Scottish advocate breached the Data Protection Act after failing to encrypt a laptop containing sensitive personal data which was later stolen, t...

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Council lost memory stick containing 18,000 residents’ details

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council breached the Data Protection Act by losing an unencrypted memory stick containing the details of over 18,000 ...

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Youth offenders’ details lost on unencrypted laptop

Newcastle Youth Offending Team breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt a laptop containing personal data which was later stolen, the...

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Laptop thefts highlight the need for encryption

Two organisations have taken action after they breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt personal information on laptops that were lat...

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Thousands of BT Broadband customers down and out

BT has confirmed that a power outage has led to thousands of its customers being offline nationwide. The broadband network went offline this mornin...

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Edinburgh VOIP Solutions

Consider IT is pleased to announce that we now offer VOIP solutions to all businesses in the Edinburgh area and beyond. After a year of extensive t...

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Student at Manchester hospital lost patient details

The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust breached the Data Protection Act by losing sensitive personal information relating...

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Thousands of tenants’ details found on memory stick left in a London pub

Two London housing bodies breached the Data Protection Act after details relating to thousands of their tenants were discovered on an unencrypted m...

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Consider IT becomes Google Apps Authorized Reseller!

Consider IT are pleased to announce that we have now become authorised resellers of the Google Apps suite of communication and collaboration tools ...

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