Jul 28th, 2011
by John Donovan.

By Steve Evans: Published 8 July 2011
Thanks to WikiLeaks and hacktivists Anonymous, data breaches have never been higher up the agenda.
CBR looks at some of the more infamous incidents of data loss.
Extract
Shell, 2010
Keep your workers happy seems to be the message behind this leak. Energy giant Shell was rocked in early 2010 when a database of 170,000 of its workers was emailed out to human rights groups and environmental activists, including Greenpeace and royaldutchshellplc.com, a website run by anti-Shell campaigners. It was rumoured that the database was emailed out of the company by a disgruntled employee. According to The Times, a covering letter criticising Shell’s activities in Nigeria was sent out with the database, apparently signed by more than 100 workers in the US, Holland and the UK. read more
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Feb 15th, 2010
by John Donovan.
A spokesperson for the ICO said: Shell has notified us of a security breach regarding a significant amount of peoples personal details. We are looking into how this data breach occurred and will decide what, if any regulatory action, is required. Shell if it is found guilty may escape lightly. Fines levied by the ICO for failing to protect against the loss of personal data tend to be under £5,000.
shellplc.website and its sister non-profit websites
royaldutchshellplc.com, royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellenergy.website, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, shellnews.net and
shell2004.com
are owned by
John Donovan. There is also a
Wikipedia feature.