The EU is calling for the introduction of new data protection legislation which would compel businesses to inform customers in the event of a data breach involving the loss of personal data. This would presumably include laptop s and data sticks, which have been the focus of numerous data loss stories recently.Meanwhile in the UK the Information Commissioner has been notified of almost 100 data breaches by public and private sector organisations since the loss of 25 million people's details by HM Revenue and Customs last November, according to figures released this week.
Half of the 28 private sector security breaches were by financial services companies.
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