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Open data consultation finds widespread privacy fears
30 January 2012Privacy was a 'recurring theme' in the responses to the UK government's "Making Open Data Real" consultation, Cabinet Office reveals
ICO serves Scottish council with record £140k fine
30 January 2012Midlothian Council posted details of children in care to wrong recipients on five occasions in as many months, prompting ICO's largest ever penalty
US Smart Grid projects failing on security
27 January 2012Report reveals that around a third of US Smart Grid projects that have received Department of Energy funding did not meet security requirements
EC reveals data protection reform proposals
25 January 2012Reforms seek to unify data protection laws across member states and introduce new obligations for businesses
New EU data laws to include 24hr breach notification
23 January 2012The EU's new data protection laws, due for publication later this week, will include an obligation for organisations to reveal data breaches within 24 hours
TomTom cleared of selling private data to police
13 January 2012An investigation in satnav manufacturer's native Netherlands has cleared the company of selling identifiable data to police and other third parties
China claims data breaches were "fabricated"
11 January 2012Local authorities say a number of high profile data leaks reported last year were made up
NHS Trust faces £350k fine following hard disk theft
11 January 2012Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust faces huge fine – nearly three times the previous record – after stolen hard disks containing patient data were sold on eBay
NHS in "information dark ages", says think tank
10 January 2012Poor information should be regarded as poor patient care, says NHS Future Forum in new report
Facebook given 41 recommendations to improve privacy
21 December 2011Irish Data Protection Commission clears social networking giant of building 'shadow profiles' but advises it to improve data handling processes
EU open data strategy promises €40 billion boost
12 December 2011Europe's public administrations are sitting on a "goldmine of unrealised economic potential" in the form of data, European Commission says
IBM buys retail analytics vendor DemandTec for $440m
09 December 2011IT giant's latest analytics-focused acquisition is of loss-making SaaS company that allows retailers to analyse customers' buying habits
Logica signs QinetiQ up to its Smart Grid consortium
05 December 2011Defence and security contractor joins IT services giant's bid for the Smart Grid data backbone, worth up to £240m over seven to nine years
HP integrates Vertica into Autonomy's IDOL
29 November 2011Launching its new information management focus, IT giant integrates its big data analytics software into Autonomy's data management platform
Barclays software glitch damaged woman's credit rating
28 November 2011A woman's mortgage application was denied after Barclay's software made multiple credit history searches, damaging her credit rating
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