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Vigilance can report that the Mandatory audits and other treaty amendments enter into force on 1 January 2016. The updated International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) also enters into force.
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Vigilance can report that Judith Hackitt CBE, the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive, has been made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours List for 2016.
Special Representative Martin Kobler of Germany. UN Photo/Kim Haughton
Vigilance can report that strife-torn Libya begins 2016 with a ray of hope and the possibility of rediscovering peace in unity, the top United Nations envoy to the country has stressed in a New Year's Day message as he held talks with a cross-section of political leaders.
It has been reported that 16 companies from around the globe have exposed credit card data during payments to their mobile websites and apps, including Aer Lingus, Chiltern Railways, EasyJet, San Diego Zoo, Air Canada, Sistic and AirAsia.
Reports suggest the leakages seem to be being caused by not using HTTPS secure protocol to secure and encrypt data connections between the mobile device and the company’s website, mobile website or backend web services. Instead, the data is being transmitted unencrypted or ‘in the clear’ and available for anyone to intercept.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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