After our blog last week on the BBC losing laptops and mobile phones, it has been revealed that the UK operation of Zurich Insurance has been fined £2.27m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for losing personal details of 46,000 customers.
It is the highest fine levied on a single firm for data security failings.
The data on policyholders, including in some cases bank account and credit card information, went missing in August 2008.
However, Zurich did not become aware of the loss until a year later, when it then began notifying customers.
The information went missing during a routine transfer to a data storage centre in South Africa.
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Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK. Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 80 Local Authorities and education service providers use Redstor's online service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 addressable schools in the UK.
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Wednesday 11 August 2010
BBC Staff Lose Mobile Devices
BBC staff have lost £241,019 worth of laptops and mobiles over the past two years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed - http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/8/9/bbc-staff-lose-gadgets-worth-240000/
According to BBC News, a total of 65 mobile phones, 17 BlackBerry smartphones and 146laptops devices have been reported lost or stolen by BBC employees over the two year period.
The information released by the organisation included data from every BBC subsidiary.
The data revealed that the value of stolen or lost laptops amounted to £219,000 while mobile phones and BlackBerry devices were valued at £12,913 and £9,106.
The BBC has revealed that, out of the stolen or lost items, around 19 items worth £23,450 were recovered, reducing the losses to £217,569.
With Redstor Protector, the BBC could have avoided this embarassing situation and protected potentially sensitive data held on those devices. For only a few pence per day, per PC or laptop, Redstor Protector offers complete portable device protection and helps protect against a data breach/loss:
Encryption – to secure portable devices and to protect sensitive information from unauthorised access
Backup and Recovery – to recover sensitive data when it is damaged, lost or stolen
Data Deletion – to remotely delete data stored on portable devices that have been lost or stolen or where data is no longer required to be kept
Port Access Control – to help prevent unauthorised data leaving portable devices
Device Trace – to help prevent portable device theft and help Police locate devices if they come back online
A simple and effective way of protecting valuable information, Protector will secure against even the most irresponsible employees and protect sensitive data in the event that it is lost or stolen.
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Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK. Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 80 Local Authorities and education service providers use Redstor's online service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 addressable schools in the UK.
According to BBC News, a total of 65 mobile phones, 17 BlackBerry smartphones and 146laptops devices have been reported lost or stolen by BBC employees over the two year period.
The information released by the organisation included data from every BBC subsidiary.
The data revealed that the value of stolen or lost laptops amounted to £219,000 while mobile phones and BlackBerry devices were valued at £12,913 and £9,106.
The BBC has revealed that, out of the stolen or lost items, around 19 items worth £23,450 were recovered, reducing the losses to £217,569.
With Redstor Protector, the BBC could have avoided this embarassing situation and protected potentially sensitive data held on those devices. For only a few pence per day, per PC or laptop, Redstor Protector offers complete portable device protection and helps protect against a data breach/loss:
Encryption – to secure portable devices and to protect sensitive information from unauthorised access
Backup and Recovery – to recover sensitive data when it is damaged, lost or stolen
Data Deletion – to remotely delete data stored on portable devices that have been lost or stolen or where data is no longer required to be kept
Port Access Control – to help prevent unauthorised data leaving portable devices
Device Trace – to help prevent portable device theft and help Police locate devices if they come back online
A simple and effective way of protecting valuable information, Protector will secure against even the most irresponsible employees and protect sensitive data in the event that it is lost or stolen.
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Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK. Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 80 Local Authorities and education service providers use Redstor's online service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 addressable schools in the UK.
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