Will our data footprint start paying dividends?

Chris Gabriel, 8 months ago

There is much ado now about the amount of data everybody holds on us; from the government to the supermarkets. We are all now franticly wondering who is going to give our next chunk of private information to an unsuspecting postal worker, or lose a hard drive in Chicago (By the way, I thought the Data Protection Act stopped people off shoring data out of Europe without our permission?).Although you do realise those CDs will be delivered in 2070, like that post card from a holiday in 1973 that's just turned up and everybody will wonder what the hell these...

A ‘long way to go’ for UK government IT

The Editor, 8 months ago

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has publicly acknowledged that the UK government "has a long way to go" on its IT strategy. In an appearance last week before Parliament's Liaison Committee to discuss a variety of government issues, Brown talked about IT in response to questions from Andrew Miller, chairman of parliamentary IT body Pitcom, saying that lessons were still being learned on the best use of technology."Public and private sector organisations are coming to terms with security issues relating to the use of IT and the proper organisation of data," said Mr Brown. And while the government fully realises the...

FSA slams financial services websites

The Editor, 8 months ago

Attention, financial services providers: the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is watching your website with renewed attention, since recent research showed that misleading online promotions are still a serious problem for the sector.In an investigation of 77 websites the FSA found that a quarter "failed to sign-post key information", and as a result "failed to present information in a fair, clear and not misleading way".It's not all bad news: the FSA said standards have improved since similar reviews in 2005 and 2006. However, the regulatory body said its investigators will be carrying out a further review in March 2008, and will...