HMRC disclosure
RSS HMRC disclosureWeb traders targeted in £2bn tax dodge crackdown
News The Department [HMRC] should devise similar schemes in other risk areas such as the home repair and improvement sector and buy-to-let landlords. Dave Hartnett, acting chairman of HMRC, told the PAC:... [09 Dec 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 details of around 25... [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]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News The taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for the missing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data discs. The Met has said it will try to recover the full costs from the HMRC for what is... [18 Jul 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]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News More than 30 officials from four HMRC departments and a number of NAO staff played some part in the data loss. Morale is low in HMRC and management needs to focus on engaging with staff. The... [26 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment Yesterday we revealed there have been 30 data losses in central government, 50 in public sector organisations and 17 in local government in the months since the HMRC embarrassed itself. Perhaps civil servants have been... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Poynter report said: "The data loss incident arose following a sequence of communications failures between junior HMRC officials and between them and the National Audit Office (NAO). The Information Commissioner's... [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. Full... [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]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News The government faced condemnation after it emerged that 600 staff at Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have been disciplined for snooping on personal data. The HMRC has discussed 11 data security... [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. Full... [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 executives to... [22 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Recent reports of government data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and HMRC's... [01 Apr 2008]
Driver agency plugs data leaks
News Recent reports of data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and HMRC's loss of 25... [28 Mar 2008]
