Warwick Ashford reports: The UK should introduce prison sentences for using stolen personal data, says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham. He is calling for an effective deterrent to the “routine trashing of individuals’ rights” under the Data Protection Act, according to according to Bloomberg. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) proposed a two-year prison term in 2006 after investigating the sale of stolen…
Category: Breaches
AU: Thousands of privacy breaches going unreported
There has been a growing recognition of – and demand for – mandatory breach notifications in the U.S., EU, and Australia. Asher Moses reports on the situation in Australia: There has been a 27 per cent jump in the number of incidents of stolen or lost personal information reported to the Privacy Commissioner in the…
Hacking into voicemail is easy, experts say
Byron Acohido reports: Three giant U.S. cellphone service providers do not require consumers to use voice mailbox PIN codes, making their customers vulnerable to the kind of hacks fueling the British tabloids scandal, security and privacy experts say. AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint allow subscribers to access voice messages without entering a Personal Identification Number. This…
IE: Vodafone contacting all customers about phone hacking threat
John Kennedy reports: Vodafone has confirmed it has launched a phased campaign to remind customers about changing their remote voicemail passwords from the default PIN ‘0000’ that makes it easy for hackers to access their voice messages. The company is contacting its 2.2m Irish customers to ensure they are sufficiently informed about what they can…