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Data protection complaints jumped 30% in past year

 15 July 2010

Information Commissioner's Office calls for greater independence as it reveals sharp rise in reported data protection breaches

Patients to be given access to NHS data

 13 July 2010

NHS reform white paper promises an “information revolution”, giving patients greater control of their health records

EMC enters data warehousing with Greenplum buy

 07 July 2010

Storage giant picks up massively parallel database systems vendor, aims to disrupt BI infrastructure industry

Investment firm chief resigns over data error cover-up

 01 July 2010

AXA Rosenberg chairman, head of research and chief investment officer step down after suppressing news of “coding errors” in risk modelling systems

EU agrees to share bank data with US

 29 June 2010

After four month stalemate, modified deal grants US anti-terror authorities access to data from Europe's Swift banking transaction network once again

Government proposes open data 'principles'

 28 June 2010

Cabinet Office invites public feedback on draft set of guidelines for publishing government data online

Transport for London joins open data drive

 16 June 2010

Capital's transport agency begins publishing station locations and repair works data online, but expert says the "really useful stuff is yet to come" [UPDATE] Open data spawns 'live' tube map application

IBM buys back its web analytics business

 15 June 2010

IT giant announces intention to acquire Coremetrics, the company that bought its web analytics division in 2006

ICO 'highly concerned' over NHS data breaches

 15 June 2010

Information commissioner laments high frequency of data loss incidents in health service as two more trusts suffer breaches

Cameron vows to end 'cloak of secrecy' with open data

 01 June 2010

Prime minster plans to expand public access to such data as Whitehall spending and crime rates in bid to improve transparency and reduce deficit

IBM aims to make payments ‘smarter’ with Sterling Commerce buy 

 25 May 2010

Computing giant buys transaction network technology provider for $1.4b, reentering a market it left in 2005

Government data matching finds fraud worth £215m

 21 May 2010

Audit Commission uses “sophisticated computer techniques” to identify anomalies in public sector data

Google reveals government censorship requests

 21 April 2010

“Government censorship of the web is growing rapidly,” says search giant as it launches transparency tool

Oracle buys pharma software vendor for $685m

 19 April 2010

Software vendor increases industry-specific products stable with Phase Forward takeover, stepping up vertical challenge to SAP

Credit Suisse fined £1.75m for data compliance failure

 09 April 2010

Financial Services Authority penalises Swiss banking giant and two other financial firms for failing to disclose trading data on time

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