UK: HMRC and Government Condemned Over Loss of 25M Records
Paul Fisher writes on SC Magazine Online:
Industry figures unite in condemnation of the Government's handling of the loss of 25 million child benefit records - thought to be the name and address of every child in Britain, as well as the bank account details of carers and parents.More here.
In a statement to the House of Commons, the Chancellor Alistair Darling explained that the data had been held on two disks that had been sent to the National Audit Office (NAO) from an HMRC office. The chairman of HMRC had already offered his resignation after the breach was made public.
posted by Fergie @ 11/20/2007 11:34:00 AM
2 Comments:
It is even more staggering when you consider this isn't the first case of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) losing personal data by sending CDs via internal mail in recent months.
I've written an extensive article on some of the ramifications of this in the United Kingdom on my blog.
Alastair Revell
Revell Research Systems
HMRC appear to be incompetant but of course it could all be a cunning plan by the government.
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