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Data Loss
Up until Monday, we hadn’t had any of our data lost by the government (as far as we knew). We shouldn’t have been one of the 25 million lost due to being child benefit claimants, or one of the many other breaches.
Some of the breaches are potentially very serious should it fall into the wrong [...]
More Data Loss
So, the Government has managed to lose a USB stick containing the details of tens of thousands of criminals.
We should not focus on the fact that this is the data of criminals – that will be of little concern to many – but instead look at what’s happened here in terms of data protection. [...]
Clarkson in ID theft
Following the recent case where the bank details of 25 million were lost, Jeremy Clarkson was of the opinion that it was a fuss over nothing.
He published his bank account details in his newspaper column.
But Clarkson admitted he was “wrong” after he discovered a reader had used the details to create a £500 direct debit [...]
Posted in Identity Cards Also tagged Clarkson, data loss, ID, identity, Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear 2 Comments
The fault of low level civil servants?
Regarding the recent data leak:
The Conservatives say the crisis is down to “systemic” errors at HMRC – but the government insists it was the fault of low level civil servants.’
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Rubbish – why was it possible for a low level civil servant to download the entire database in one go and burn it to CD? (i.e. [...]
Posted in Identity Cards Also tagged Alistair Darling, Government, HMRC, ID, identity, incompetence, treasury, UK 1 Comment
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