The UK NHS Health Boards have seen a massive surge in the volume of data breach incidents in the past five years. This alarming figure was obtained by the Liberal Democrats through a FOI request and serves to underline the severity and sheer volume of data losses within the Health sector. What’s even more worrying […]
DiskShred do 4 Countries in 4 Days!
DiskShred continues to prove it will go the extra mile to support its customers when last week it successfully completed on-site shredding of both Hard Drives and Tapes in France, Belgium, Germany and Italy. The team of skilled operatives kept to a challenging schedule to ensure they arrived at each nominated site on-time, which is […]
CNIL Enforce Stricter Rules on Reporting of Data Breaches
Data Protection is tightening up in France with the announcement that the Commission Nationale De L’informatique et Des Libertés (CNIL) has launched an online notification procedure for French electronic communications service providers whereby they must report any data breaches within 24 hours of the initial detection. This requirement also extends to the notification of the […]
UK Government Considering Jail Time for Those who Breach Data?
The UK Government has reiterated its commitment to consult on introducing custodial sentences as a possible penalty for individuals who breach UK data protection laws. In a letter to the chair of Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee Keith Vaz, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said that the public would be asked whether there should be new custodial […]
DiskShred commissions another state-of-the-art truck
DiskShred has further increased its service capabilities with the recent addition of another purpose built media shredding truck to its fleet. The new truck is capable of shredding up to 500 hard drives per hour and comes with a secure perimeter CCTV system and automated asset tracking service. If that doesn’t excite you how about […]