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Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The Poynter Review recently highlighted systematic data handling failures in the HM Revenue & Customs that led to it losing the personal details of 25 million people. The government launched its consultation on the... [17 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News The Data Sharing Review found that measures were needed to restore public trust in the way Whitehall handles information in the wake of high profiled data breaches, such as HM Revenue & Customs losing 25 million people's... [11 Jul 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. Increased scrutiny:... [25 Jun 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 incidents involving... [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]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News But since the response was published in October last year, the government has been hit by high-profile data breaches such as the loss of confidential data by HM Revenue & Customs. As a result, the government - in line... [22 Feb 2008]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News The poll follows on from the HM Revenue & Customs loss in November 2007 of two CDs containing the details of 25 million people and a flurry of reported incidents since.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [14 Feb 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]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News In November, Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave the ICO the power to conduct spot checks on government departments, in light of the HM Revenue & Customs breach which saw 25 million child benefit claimants' details 'lost in... [10 Dec 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). He said: "The Information Commissioner... [23 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader If there's one lesson to come out of the catastrophic (government's own words) data breach at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) this week, it's surely now is the time for a data breach disclosure law.silicon.com's Full... [22 Nov 2007]
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