Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides

ICO: The health service needs to do more to keep patients’ personal information secure, the Information Commissioner said recently.  The warning comes as the ICO finds a further 5 health organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act
 
 Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said: “…….. recent incidents such as the loss of laptops at NHS North Central London - which we are currently investigating - suggest that the security of data remains a systemic problem”.
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Ofcom: Ofcom has launched the UK’s first interactive map of fixed broadband, using actual data provided by communications providers about the UK’s broadband infrastructure.  Ofcom’s first infrastructure report will be submitted to the Secretary of State later this year and Ofcom intends to build on this map and provide additional information.
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Free, Secure, Compliant UK Public Sector IT Recycling Service