Irish Times have a very good piece about the new proposals for Data Protection in Europe including: A single set of rules will apply across the EU Less paperwork for companies, as “unnecessary” administrative requirements will go Organisations and citizens will deal with a single data protection authority in the EU country where organisations have …
Category Archive: Security
Microsoft sues Comet over Windows ‘counterfeits’
ZD Net reports that Microsoft is suing the UK electrical retailer Comet for allegedly creating and selling more than 94,000 counterfeit Windows recovery CDs. Microsoft is suing UK retailer Comet over claims it sold thousands of counterfeit Windows recovery disks. The software giant took its case to the UK High Court on Wednesday, claiming Comet had made money …
Latest E-Mail Scams
Avoid any e-mails that have 1. Re:CV and go on about a job in Canada “Your job duties will be to: Process payments from our clients and send weekly reports on status of payments of transactions…..” 2. “Follow Up – File Error Notification” in Subject line.
Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft’s new browser is Internet Explorer 9. The new user interface has been praised as a major step forward but the big drawback is that it will only work on Windows Vista/Windows 7 computers. Most businesses use the tried and trusted Windows Xp operating system so they will not be moving over to this new browser …
Irish Tax Revenue Has 10 Laptops Stolen
On Friday, 28th January, the Data Protection Commissioner has begun an investigation into the theft of laptops from the Revenue Commissioners in Dublin. Three men walked in to an office block at Ashtown Gate on the Navan Road last night and stole ten laptops. The Revenue Commissioners are still trying to determine if anything else …