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The Qantas breach proves personal data is toxic waste
Wednesday, July 2nd 2025
Another data breach, this time from Qantas, shows again that the capture and proliferation of personal data across businesses needs a rethink. We need to assume data breaches will happen, let go of the illusion of perfect security, and design accordingly.
Phorm over function?
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008
Phorm is, and will continue to be for some time I think a hugely divisive issue online. BBC have another story today about it, this time having spoken to the various security companies like F-Secure, McAffee etc about…
Can Yahoo really get things so wrong?
Monday, April 21st 2008
Yahoo are one of the original dotcoms. They've been around for a long time so they should know their business. Imagine my surprise when one of my clients starts complaining that their confirmation emails to yahoo email…
Why was data being passed on a disc and what was EDS' advice?
Wednesday, November 21st 2007
Readers in the UK will be aware of a Data Protection Act train crash that we have been watching unfold in front of us over the last few days. It turns out that 25 million records of a database managed by HMRC have been…