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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “ Hieupc ” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare set by the U.S.

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Data, analysis and the library: Joining the dots at the Department for Work and Pensions

CILIP

s team of analysts, becoming Chief Analyst in 2011. He says that a speech he gave at a conference on Informed Parliaments, Engaged Citizens, Effective Governments , organised by IFLA?s s Government Libraries Section, helped to crystallise his views on this relationship. ?One Policy development. analysis function ? Under Trevor?s

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

What follows below is an edited version of the debate in the House of Lords of the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill, held on 10 October. Data is not just a resource for better marketing, better service and delivery. Data is used to build products themselves. It has become a cliché that data is the new oil.

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Council of Europe Considers Proposal to Amend Convention 108 Rules on Transborder Data Flows

Hunton Privacy

Convention 108 (together with the Protocol), which underlies the European Union’s legal framework for data protection, is the only legally-binding international convention that addresses data protection. Amendment of the Convention is also closely linked to the current review of the EU data protection framework.

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Council of Europe Considers Amendments to Convention 108

Hunton Privacy

On June 28-30, 2011, the Council of Europe’s Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data (known as the “T-PD-Bureau”) met in Strasbourg, France, to discuss, among other things, amending the Council of Europe’s Convention 108.

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Centre Releases Accountability Self-Assessment Tool to Help Organizations Evaluate Their Privacy Programs

Hunton Privacy

On December 12, 2012, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (the “Centre”) released an accountability self-assessment tool designed to help organizations evaluate their internal privacy programs and practices.

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White House Releases Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal

Hunton Privacy

On May 12, 2011, the White House released the long-expected cybersecurity legislative proposal in response to the need to protect Americans from cyber threats. Data Breach Notification – These provisions would establish a national data breach reporting system.