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News Since the HMRC losses it has been demonstrated that both the public and private sectors are equally bad at looking after data," he said. Under the Bill, the privacy watchdog, the Information... [10 Aug 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News The ICO was granted powers to perform spot checks in 2007 following a data breach by HMRC and the data watchdog is expected to be granted extra powers of investigation of public sector establishments when the Coroners... [26 May 2009]
More data breaches to come, warns gov't
News One year on from the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's personal data, a chief information security expert at Whitehall has warned there will be more high profile government data breaches to come. In the wake of the... [27 Nov 2008]
CEOs told - take responsibility for 'toxic' data
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) also revealed it is currently investigating 30 serious cases of data breaches and has received 277 reported breaches since the HMRC's loss of the personal... [29 Oct 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The issue of public data loss shot into the public eye late last year with the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details on two CDs, which sparked a host of revelations about missing data in government and business -... [01 Sep 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News On Tuesday the ICO also served enforcement notices against the HMRC and the MoD following the departments' high profile data breaches. Both the MoD and the HMRC are now required to show steps they have... [15 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up This week the Poynter Report published its review of the HMRC missing CDs debacle. The report found "two major institutional deficiencies", namely that "information security simply wasn't a management priority as it... [27 Jun 2008]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News The justice minister's comments were made in light of a number of reports on government data losses published on Wednesday, including a review of the HMRC loss of 25 million child-benefit claimant details by... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking enforcement action against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for breaching the Data Protection Act. Following the... [25 Jun 2008]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News The issue of public data loss became a bigger issue with the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details on two CDs, which sparked a host of revelations about missing data in government and business. There have been 30... [24 Jun 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News The issue of public data loss shot into the public eye with the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details on two CDs, which sparked a host of revelations about missing data in government and business. [12 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up The HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents involving customer information with the Information Commissioner's Office since April 2005, has stopped data transfers unless there is a business... [02 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News The HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents involving customer information with the Information Commissioner's Office since April 2005, has stopped data transfers unless there is a business... [01 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News The issue of public data loss shot into the public eye with the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details on two CDs, which sparked a host of revelations about missing data in government. It follows calls by the... [28 Apr 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief... [22 Apr 2008]
