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Category Archives: Privacy
Google Street View
I flagged to them that I did not want our flat shown on the view; they responded as per below…..and wiped out about 40 flats alongside mine. Not very subtle then…. Hello, Our records show that you recently flagged an … Continue reading
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Heathrow Terminal 5
Just passed through there for the 4th time; seems to me to be a well designed airport experience. That said, I could do without having to have my photo taken and stored by BA just so I can fly to … Continue reading
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The wheels of the database state..
….are starting to grind on our little boy already. He now has an NHS number from the ‘Child Health Authority’, which is being automatically shared with Westminster Council prior to us registering the birth…and so it begins…
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Tougher Powers for Info Commissioner?
That’s what seems to be on the way according to VNU. Too little too late if you ask me, that horse has long since bolted….
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Troubled Times Ahead for the High Street Banks
This ongoing court case over bank charges looks set to rumble on for a while – although I don’t see how any can doubt that the bank charge regime quoted was based on excessive profits. The much bigger issue, I … Continue reading
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Does this mean less junk phone calls?
FSA warns insurers to improve cold calling standards by Joanne Payne Brand Republic 26-Apr-07, 10:00 LONDON – The Financial Services Authority has said that firms must improve the standards of cold calling when selling general insurance over the telephone to … Continue reading
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Another one…with no notification..
It has emerged that in 2005, personal details of over 100,000 Bulldog Broadband customers were stolen. Bulldog was under the ownership of Cable & Wireless at the time but has since been taken over by Pipex. Cable & Wireless has … Continue reading
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We Need Mandatory Disclosure of Data Breaches…..Now
This story about TK Maxx is one of many, at the moment there is no legal obligation on companies in the UK to notify their customers of a data breach. In California, and soon across USA, this right of notification … Continue reading
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(shocking) School surveillance: how big brother spies on pupils
Cameras in the toilets; CCTV in the classroom; pupils’ fingerprints kept in a database . . . Can’t happen here? Think again, because the surveillance state is quietly invading our schools Continue reading →