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Lost data total nears 30 million records
News December 2007: HMRC follows its massive data November breach with the news that a data cartridge with details on 6,500 pensioners got lost in transit that September. November 2007: In what amounts to one... [30 Sep 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's to blame for data loss?
Comment In 2007 an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into the loss of child benefit records by HMRC revealed failures in institutional practices and procedures concerning the handling of personal... [17 Sep 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]
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. HMRC begins to communicate with customers via email instead of paper. The fragmentation of... [26 Jun 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Timeline of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data losses The loss of 25 million records from HMRC's Child Benefit Computer System was declared "deplorable" and "entirely avoidable" in two reports into the... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Following the reports Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, said in a statement: "The reports that have been published today show deplorable failures at both HMRC and MoD. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)... [25 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]
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]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News Michael Small, director of security management strategy at security vendor CA, said: "It will be interesting to see whether the [Forum's] remit extends to address the recent spate of data-breach cases, like the... [20 Mar 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past five months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of... [13 Mar 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News A string of revelations about lost government data followed the HMRC data breach, including the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers'... [29 Feb 2008]
Taxman goes high-tech in fraud fight
News HMRC's law enforcement arm investigates and detects crimes involving tax fraud, smuggling and related issues, providing the intelligence needed for the prosecution of individuals in breach of UK law with... [13 Feb 2008]
