Category: Advent IM Blog

News and information from the Advent IM team.

New Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner appointed

The Home Secretary has appointed Fraser Sampson as the government’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, replacing the two part time posts of the Biometrics Commissioner and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Fraser Sampson, who took up his post on 1 March, will promote compliance with the Surveillance Camera Code and rules on police use of DNA and fingerprints. […]

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The future: a unified approach to fraud and security.

By Derek Willins, Head of Business Development at Advent IM. Fraud (credit card, identity and cyber-fraud) is now the crime that British citizens are most likely to become a victim of. In England, the number of reported fraud crimes against the person were 3.7m, outstripping theft against the person at 3.4m (Office of National Statistics, […]

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Records deleted from the Police National Computer – What went wrong?

The ‘technical issue’ saw fingerprints, DNA and arrest histories wiped after being flagged for deletion. The data was deleted from the Police National Computer – the system that stores criminal records information across the UK and is accessed by front line officers who need real time access for checks on people, crimes, vehicles and whether […]

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Data Protection Day 2021

  Our annual bit of fun for Data Protection Day. This year, we bring you some of the villains of Data Protection along with some guidance, as usual, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek. So join Taggart Macbeth as he guides you through a rogues gallery of offenders. Don’t forget to check out the blog […]

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Global Risk Community – Mike Gillespie Interview

Listen to his interview with Mike Gillespie here , who is a Global Influencer in the area of Internet Security. Below are just some of the questions discussed with Mike: Does remote working seem like a trend that will continue even if lockdowns abate? How do information security professionals feel about such widespread remote team […]

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