Irish Times calls for data breach disclosure law
The editorial in today’s Irish Times has joined the calls (by ourselves and others) for laws which will ensure that Irish citizens are warned when their personal information has been compromised. IF ANY doubts remained about the urgent need for a national data disclosure law, …
Laptop loss – where’s the accountability?
From the Irish Independent: STAFF at the State spending watchdog who failed to inform authorities that laptops stolen from them contained sensitive information about up to 400,000 people are to escape disciplinary action. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) last night confirmed …
Even more lessons from laptop loss
We’ve written before about laptops going missing containing confidential personal information. Then it was 31,000 Bank of Ireland customers who had to worry whether they could be the victims of fraud. This time it’s 380,000 social welfare recipients whose details might be compromised – with …