The headmaster of a UK primary school in Portsmouth who planned to broadcast video images of the school playground over the Web for security purposes, is fast becoming a test case for the forthcoming data protection act.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has released its SureStore k rack-optimised data protection system for the backup of rack-mounted servers. The k rack includes HP's One-Button disaster recovery software along with its TapeAssure and TapeAlert management package.
The prospect of long-term wrangling between EU and US authorities over data protection has been side-stepped by an industry-led compromise. Silicon.com learnt today that TrustE, the US forum set up to monitor industry self-regulation of data...
A con-artist who masqueraded as a data protection watchdog official to scare UK firms into coughing up for data registration has moved his operation online. Gary McNeish, director of the Data Protection Act Registration Service, sent an email to...
Indian government promises of tighter laws to boost data privacy and intellectual property protection for western companies that have outsourced IT and call centre operations to the country are still in limbo - some seven years after first being...
The UK's data protection watchdog wants to be given more power to check companies are compliant with privacy laws. Currently the watchdog must gain consent before inspecting an organisation for compliance with the Data Protection Act.