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DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION FINALLY STEPS UP THE PRESSURE FOR COMPLIANCE.
 
The UK Information Commissioner has been given new powers to impose hefty fines on:

  • those who intentionally or recklessly disclose information contained in personal data to another person; 
  • those who repeatedly and negligently allow information to be contained in personal data to be disclosed; and on those
  • whose deliberate or reckless actions result in breaches of the Data Protection Act's eight Principles.

In addition, the Information Commissioner has been given the power to:
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Coming soon: Masterclass series on Fraud Prevention and Data Security. | Print |  Email
JusticeThe E-Security Exchange will soon be offering an online training programme on fraud prevention and data security.

The material is being prepared by some of the UK’s leading financial crime and security experts: Steven Philippsohn; Anthony Riem; Trevor Mascarenhas; David Watson; Professor Bill Buchanan and a team of e-learning specialists.

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The Impact of Fraud | Print |  Email
Fraud MoneyFraud continues to increase and shows no signs of slowing down.  According to the KPMG Fraud Barometer, over £1bn of fraud came to court in 2007. This is the highest since 1995 .

There are now fears that the credit crunch will lead to personal and corporate pressures fuelling fraudulent behaviour, making 2008 even worse.  KPMG, which has been running a fraud barometer since 1987, has suggested that large, high value frauds such as Polly Peck, Maxwell and BCCI emerged as a result of the recession in the early nineties.  The implication of their research is that we should expect more of the same.
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