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News In a settlement EDS agreed to pay £71.25m to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over problems with the tax credit computer system it designed. HMRC chairman Paul Gray - who has since resigned over the loss by his... [05 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue &... [04 Feb 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop... [30 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue and... [22 Jan 2008]
Taxpayer stung by £2.25m HMRC apology
News The government has admitted it cost £2.25m to send letters of apology to people affected by the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The seven figure bill provoked... [17 Jan 2008]
Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
News Scotland Yard will demand HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) foot the record bill for the force's hunt for the missing data discs containing 25 million child benefit records. Security from A to Z Click on the... [14 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News The recommendations by the committee, headed by Liberal Democrat MP Alan Beith, came in the wake of a series of admissions of lost data from government departments that began in November with HM Revenue & Customs losing... [03 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Undoubtedly, the fall-out from HM Revenue & Customs' loss of two discs containing 25 million child benefit records has reverberated throughout the public sector with seismic proportions. This was in... [19 Dec 2007]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News The speech was made by Kelly in response to the loss of over 7,600 motorists' details by the Northern Ireland Driver and Vehicle Agency earlier this month, and follows the loss by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs of 25... [18 Dec 2007]
Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling
News In the wake of the loss of 25 million personal records by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) last month, and the presentation of an interim report into that data loss by PricewaterhouseCoopers... [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News After losing an unencrypted CD containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) went on to lose the details of 25 million child benefit recipients after two password-protected CDs... [13 Dec 2007]
Building society installs anti-money laundering tech
News As well as improving its services, the building society is anticipating new money laundering regulations from HM Revenue & Customs. On 15 December, money service businesses will have to demonstrate they are monitoring... [11 Dec 2007]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Encryption has been back in the spotlight following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach that led to two CDs containing unencrypted records of 25 million people on the child benefit database getting lost... [07 Dec 2007]
£20,000 reward for missing Revenue discs
News The government is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who finds the missing HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) discs containing 25 million child benefit records, after the initial police search failed to find... [05 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News This month started with an iPhone bang and ended on a data-loss whimper as the UK suffered its largest-ever data breach thanks to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) misplacing 25 million child benefit claimants'... [29 Nov 2007]
