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News Last June the former chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter criticised HMRC for the fragmented nature of its then 650 computer systems in his report into the department's loss of 25 million child... [30 Oct 2009]
When will organisations pay for data breaches?
Comment The first big story, in November 2007, was HM Revenue and Customs' loss of discs containing child benefit data on 25 million people. More than a year after appearing on the statute books, the info... [02 Jun 2009]
Compliance with Data Handling Procedures in UK Government
White Paper The Report was drafted at the request of Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in response to HMRC's loss of 2 compact discs containing 25 million child benefit records in November 2007. The UK Data Handling... [17 Apr 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Booth said the National Identity Register (the database behind the National Identity Scheme), the ContactPoint child database, the NHS central care records system, the e-Borders database, automatic number-plate... [10 Feb 2009]
Taxman hunts for new CIO for £1bn IT dept
News Paye, National Insurance, child benefit and tax credits, which the Poynter report found increased the security risk by duplicating information. The taxman is looking for a CIO to complete the... [13 Jan 2009]
Richard Thomas
AS Profile Information Commissioner since November 2002, he has been propelled into the public eye and the Agenda Setters top 10 by the spate of data breach revelations that followed HM Revenue and Customs losing 25 million people's... [07 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News November 2007: In what amounts to one of the most colossal data breaches in the public sector, HM Revenue and Customs admits 25 million records containing the names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers of the entire... [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... [17 Sep 2008]
Peru to test run Windows XO laptop
News Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project announced Monday that Peru will be the first country to try out XO laptops running Microsoft Windows as part of a nine-month pilot programme. Charles Kane, president... [16 Sep 2008]
Home Office loses data on 84,000 prisoners
News And last year, two CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients were lost by HM Revenue & Customs. Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales... [22 Aug 2008]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News The Metropolitan Police Service mounted a months-long search for the data discs containing 25 million child benefit records after they went missing in October 2007. The taxpayer has been landed with a... [18 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Individual members of staff were not to blame for losing the missing Child Benefit data CDs. It found that systems such as Paye, National Insurance, Child Benefit and... [26 Jun 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News The NAO begins its first discrete external audit of the Child Benefit Computer System (CBCS). The loss of 25 million records from HMRC's Child Benefit Computer System... [26 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... [26 Jun 2008]
Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs
News A number of recent large IT projects by the government are late or over budget, including systems used by the Child Support Agency and the National Health Service. The private sector has made significant strides forward... [23 Jun 2008]
