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Rats ate my house deeds
The New Year is often a great excuse to clear out and start afresh. With lockdown still in force, it is a chance for business owners to take stock and audit the piles of paperwork that have accumulated in their…
We are an extension of your team
One of the best compliments we receive at Filofile is how helpful we are to businesses when their staff leave them. Everyone knows in business, as in life, staff will move on. There may be a better job opportunity waiting…
Don’t let a flood hit the records books!
These last few months have seen a lot of rain and the weather forecast predicts still more on the way. As it currently stands, the residents of around 2.4 million UK properties are at risk from fluvial (river) and coastal…
Taking care of any burning issues!
When I read about a self-storage warehouse in Croydon burning down on New Year’s Eve my thoughts went out to the customers who had lost thousands of pounds worth of belongings. One woman spoke of losing crates full of photos...…
NHS data loss scandal
NHS data loss scandal reached new heights as NHS England CEO Simon Stevens revealed that further investigation has found another 162,000 “lost” patient documents, in addition to the previously discovered 700,000 documents, of which more than 500,000 included sensitive patient data.…
Files Lost at National Archives
More than 400 government documents have gone missing from the National Archives in the last four years They include Foreign Office files from the 1970s on "military and nuclear collaboration with Israel" and a 1947 letter from Winston Churchill. One…
Nursing home fined for data breach
A nursing home in Northern Ireland has been fined after a data breach relating to sensitive details about patients and staff, connected to the theft of a computer. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) launched an investigation after an unencrypted laptop…
Lost Documents Cause Security Breaches
According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (and other sources), security breaches typically result from one of the following five causes: Unintended Disclosure: Someone in or affiliated with your organisation inadvertently posts private or sensitive company or customer information on a website, Facebook or…
How Long Should Important Documents be kept?
It’ѕ difficult to knоw whеn уоu can thrоw a document аwау without rіѕkіng bеіng аѕkеd to рrоduсе іt months, or even years, later. Thе fоllоwіng guіdе offers gеnеrаl аdvісе оn how long уоu ѕhоuld keep hold of important рареrwоrk, but…
Lost Documents Cause Security Breaches
According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (and other sources), security breaches typically result from one of the following five causes: Unintended Disclosure: Someone in or affiliated with your organisation inadvertently posts private or sensitive company or customer information on a website, Facebook or…