On May 18 the U.K. Data Protection Commissioner said in a Channel 4 news report he’s going to investigate why an online visa application system allowed the personally identifiable information (PII) of around 50,000 applicants from India who had applied for U.K. passports viewable on the Internet.
Posts Tagged ‘Data Protection Act’
Outsourced Company’s Unsecure Application Makes U.K. Passport Applicant PII Available to Everyone On the Internet
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Information Security: Laws Require Secure Disposal of Information in All Forms; Using BS 8470:2006 for Compliance
Friday, April 20th, 2007Many information security incidents have occurred through non-technical means by simply and thoughtlessly throwing away printed documents into publicly-accessible trash bins, or even putting computers and sensitive documents out on the streets. I have blogged about this several times, such as here, here, and here.
