News tagged with data protection act
Is personal data safe at firms?
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Making rules can be just as difficult as complying with them. Dutch researcher Marieke Thijssen investigated how well the Personal Data Protection Act (Dutch acronym Wbp) is harmonised with other rules that firms must comply ...
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Experts meet to hash out web privacy rules
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data.
UK: Millions of customer records sold
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Rogue employees at a major mobile phone company illegally sold millions of customer records to rival firms, Britain's information watchdog said Tuesday.
World's first mandatory national nanotech rule pending
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 28, 2009 |
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The Canadian government reportedly is planning to release in February the world's first national regulation requiring companies to detail their use of engineered nanomaterials, according to environmental officials. The information ...
DHS Employees Sue TSA over Lost Hard Drive
May 15, 2007 |
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A class action lawsuit claims that the loss of 100,000 records of employees at Department of Homeland Security constitutes a breach of the Privacy Act.
A balancing act in Parkinson's disease: Phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Both genetic and pathologic data indicate a role for the neuronal protein alpha-synuclein in Parkinson disease. Previous studies have indicated that phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein at amino acid 129 (Ser129) is a key event ...
Rare seahorses spotted in Thames
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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British conservationists say rare short-snouted seahorses have been spotted in the River Thames.
Air quality improvements over the last decade may be a factor in fewer ear infections
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Strides in improving the nation's air quality over the past ten years may be a factor in fewer cases of ear infections (otitis media) in children. These results are according to new research presented at the 2009 American ...
Analysis: 2007 legal opinion is a threat to imperiled species
Aug 03, 2009 |
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If the federal government implements a 2007 legal interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, the likely result will be a reduction in the number of species listed for protection, scientists say.
Endangered shortnose sturgeon saved in Hudson River
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Jan 31, 2007 |
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For the first time in U.S., and probably global, history a fish identified as endangered has been shown to have recovered -- and in the Hudson River, which flows through one of the world's largest population centers, New ...
Scuppering pirates improves internet audio
Aug 09, 2007 |
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A new digital watermarking system not only protects music and media files from online pirates but also ensures that the quality for legitimate users is as good as it gets.
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