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RSS data loss customsLost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News The two lost HM Revenue & Customs CDs containing the personal and financial details of 25 million people could be worth £1.5bn to criminals. Darling faced another grilling from MPs and was accused by shadow chancellor George Osborne of not telling... [29 Nov 2007]
Minister calls for ID cards review
News Plans for a national ID database must be reviewed following the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data blunder, according to the government's own data protection minister. The Poynter Review into the HMRC data bungle has also begun and is due to report... [27 Nov 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News The UK's data protection laws have been branded 'unfit for purpose' in the wake of the loss of CDs containing 25 million records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). This loss of data, if not found, will be with us for years. [23 Nov 2007]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News The loss by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of two password-protected CDs containing 25 million personal details of those who claim and receive child benefit was a major blow for privacy, according to assistant information commissioner... [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News The news two CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has caused outrage and disbelief among silicon.com readers, many of whom believe it has serious... [22 Nov 2007]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News The loss by HM Revenue & Customs of 25 million child benefit claimant records has understandably sparked a host of reactions from security and legal experts. Ovum principal analyst Graham Titterington encapsulated the scale of the event by saying... [22 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News The government has agreed to data security spot checks across all departments by the Information Commissioner following the loss of 25 million records of child benefit recipients by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). [22 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Missing data, missing brains
Comment The fallout from the loss of sensitive data held by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs on 25 million people is only just beginning to be felt. The loss of the data has led some to call for the scrapping of the ID card project too and reinforced a... [21 Nov 2007]
How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?
News The loss by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of two CDs crammed with sensitive data is now being seen as the UK's biggest ever data breach. This is not the first time that we have been made aware of breaches at the HM Revenue and Customs - we... [21 Nov 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Darling said no individual will suffer any financial loss if they are innocent victims of fraud as a result of... [20 Nov 2007]
