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Edinburgh Virgin Media users incorrectly told “It’s your computer at fault”
AN UPDATE FROM VIRGIN MEDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN. CLICK HERE TO JUMP STRAIGHT TO IT. Customers of Virgin Media’s cable broadband services in Edinburgh ar...
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...
IT Support Carlisle
Consider IT is proud to announce we now have the capacity to support Carlisle and the surrounding areas with our usual high quality, responsive and...
Charities breached data rules over unencrypted computer thefts
Sheffield-based charity Asperger’s Children and Carers Together (ACCT) and Nottingham-based charity Wheelbase Motor Project both breached the Data ...
The ICO launches UK code of practice on data sharing
A new statutory code of practice designed to help businesses and public sector bodies share people’s personal information appropriately has been pu...
PlayStation Network Security Breach
At last, Sony and all involved in running the PlayStation Network have come clean with exactly what has happened with their network. For the past f...
School in Oldham loses unencrypted Laptop: breaches Data Protection Act
A School in Oldham has breached the Data Protection Act after the theft of an unencrypted laptop from a teacher’s car, the Information Commissioner...
Lax IT security measures led to NHS data breach in Birmingham
NHS Birmingham East and North breached the Data Protection Act by failing to restrict access to files on their IT network, the Information Commissi...
40% of home Wi-Fi users don’t understand security settings
An online survey commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has shown that 40% of people who have Wi-Fi at home do not understand ...
