Identity Theft
Christmas time, the ICO and data crime
Reported by information-age.com
Over the past year the number of data breaches reported by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) totalled over 1,700 . While most people may expect hacking to be a major player in this figure, the majority of breaches are actually due to internal errors, such as data sent to the wrong email recipient or people losing an unencrypted device.
