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Tag: Data Protection Act 2018

Posted on 29 May 202428 May 2024

We have seen this before – too many times

A search through the Smart Thinking archives will return many examples of organisations – often councils – accidentally publish or email sensitive information. Here is another: Lewisham Council published residents’ details on website – BBC News In this case the information was on the website for 11 months before the …

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Posted on 16 November 202216 November 2022

Data Sovereignty – who can access what and where. UPDATED

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The original post was published on 3 November 2022. Update 16 November 2022 This story has developed further with FBI Director Christopher A. Wray describing to the US Congress how China could exploit Tik Tok: FBI Director warns of potential Chinese gov’t exploitation of TikTok – The Record by Recorded …

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Posted on 17 October 20223 November 2022

Data Sovereignty. You should get involved…

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So I have just finished reading this piece, on The Register: Just how critical is data sovereignty? • The Register It is sponsored by Intel and is collecting research information on how organisations think about their data sovereignty. Not sure what data sovereignty is? Here is an example, you collect …

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Posted on 23 May 202222 May 2022

Good faith hackers – they do exist

Cyber security investigations often mean carrying out tasks that by the letter of the (US or UK) are illegal – it is the nature of the job. In the United Kingdom we have two critical pieces of legislation that a cyber security consultant could fall foul of: Computer Misuse Act …

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