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    After a string of high level data loss incidents, Opposition MPs in the UK have condemned the government for failing to protect the personal information of tens of millions of Britons stored across numerous public services.

  • RSA, Symantec call for unified US data breach laws

    Security vendors RSA and Symantec have called for a single US Federal data breach notification law, just as the Australian government looks to update privacy laws including data breach laws.

  • Data disclosure laws a sure thing: Gartner analyst

    Organisations that expose private information about customers will be legally bound to disclose the breach to the public under new amendments to the Privacy Act being considered by the Australian Law Reform Commission.

  • Will Australia's privacy overhaul be dumped?

    Privacy advocates fear that the long-awaited overhaul to Australia's 20 year old Privacy Act will die before it ever sees the light of day.

  • Data breach laws need more debate: Lawyer

    Businesses need to get involved in the debate over whether organisations should be forced to reveal data breaches that have put personal information at risk, according to a top UK lawyer.

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    A new survey highlights a predictable problem: there could be lots of risky private information stored on USB sticks. That's about as surprising as Paris Hilton flaunting her lady garden in public.

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