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Posted by David Tebbutt on 17th December 2007.
I see that our beloved leaders are knocking off tomorrow until January 7th. Slipping under the wire will be Alistair Darling to explain how our data will be safer in future. Sounds like a PR exercise to me, but I’ll be very interested to hear what he says. This is against a backdrop of stopping [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 14th October 2007.
Recent research conducted for the Information Commissioner’s Office reveals that 78 percent of small businesses are “unaware that they are required to keep customer information accurate and up to date”.
Frankly, their ignorance is not surprising, when you consider how much documentation they have had to to plough through to understand what the Data Protection Act [...]
Posted by Alex Bellinger on 6th March 2007.
According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) today 20% of all crime in Britain is against businesses, but 40% of employers fail to report it because they feel the police will do nothing. The FSB has therefore launched a 10 point action plan designed to spur the Home Office to do more in this area.
Having been [...]
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