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Tougher rules aimed at keeping people’s personal records private are to be introduced in government departments.

Civil service chief Sir Gus O’Donnell said there had to be a “fundamental change in culture” among staff handling people’s personal information.

There have been a variety of cases where confidential information has been lost or stolen.

Several laptops containing sensitive data have gone missing and files marked Top Secret have been left on a commuter train.

A break-in at Middlesbrough Council has resulted in the loss of nine laptops containing sensitive case files on up to 63 vulnerable children.

The laptops, used by social workers to keep case records about vulnerable kids and their families, were password protected and protected by “some encryption”, the BBC reports.

Symantec is set to pick up fellow security firm MessageLabs for $695 million (£400 million), it announced today.

Palo Alto, CA – 26 February, 2008 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, has partnered with Lumension Security™, a global leader in security management, to deliver PGP® Endpoint. This new solution prevents data loss through unauthorized devices, connections, and applications.

This Ponemon Institute annual survey documents the high costs that result when companies lose customer data.

United Kingdom – “2008 Annual Study: U.K. Cost of a Data Breach”
United States – “2008 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach”
Germany – “2008 Annual Study: Germany Cost of a Data Breach”