The British Computer Society has created a Personal Data Guardianship Code to help businesses and individuals deal responsibly and safely with private information. The guidelines follow two years work during which there have been a series of major losses by government departments, private firms and even secret agents. Most of the losses have been caused by the failure of people to follow even the simplest data protection principles, yet they have in no way dented government enthusiasm for ever more databases and more data sharing.
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BCS writes data Highway Code
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