hmrc in comment and analysis
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 should have been" and that "HMRC... [27 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 waiting for the publication... [26 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up No wait, hang on: the minister has just announced that more than 600 staff at HMRC have been disciplined for snooping on personal data. She added the 'data guardians' brought in to shake-up data security at the HMRC did not have power to operate... [02 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... iPlayer vs ISPs, rip off outsourcing, social networking…
Comment When you read a proposal like this, it's very easy to understand why there are so many governmentt IT project problems and disasters like the HMRC data loss. This week readers are getting riled up by 'rip off' government outsourcing deals (with one... [10 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Thanks to the HMRC debacle and the ID cards U-turn, the pressing issues surrounding privacy and personal data have made their way to the centre of the political boxing ring. Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick... [28 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment After HMRC's data loss, the government instructed all departments to encrypt laptops and has issued new guidance developed by the Communications Electronics Security Group on the standards to be applied. [27 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Look at the HMRC case, for example. Twenty-five million child benefit records were lost in the post between HMRC and the National Audit Office. Hardly a week passes without another big data breach - typically from laptops left in pubs and disks... [10 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC OK, 37 people is more than one person - but just how are 37 people going to monitor hundreds if not thousands of people if the HMRC does not have the technology to prevent people copying data on to CDs, or at... [06 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment There is the regular loss of confidential personal data by large companies and government agencies, such as HMRC, or, at the more sophisticated end of the spectrum, advanced identity theft from persistent bots and new exploits that seek to... [27 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: If you want to know about Microsoft-Yahoo!...
Comment And that's why in the past week or so some of the senior editors here have been spending time in TV studios, talking about subjects ranging from the problems with HMRC's website to the implications of the latest twists and turns of the Microsoft... [12 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…
Comment However inadequate the HMRC site might be, surely it's asking for trouble if you delay making your return until the last possible date? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [07 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.02.08
Round-Up During yesterday morning and early afternoon, users trying to access the Self Assessment Online section of the HMRC website were confronted with the message 'Online Service Temporarily Unavailable'. It's rare that a week goes without the Round-Up... [01 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up That would be about a month after the hugely embarrassing public announcement about the HMRC child benefit loss. How about this for an advertising slogan for the Ministry of Defence: "The Armed Forces Want You! [25 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops…
Comment The HMRC are saying they have sent letters for 9p each. A simple sum but only part of the true cost: HMRC would have sent about seven million letters to the seven million households involved.m x 32p = £2.25m [24 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... HMRC search costs, Vista SP1 moans and fingerprints for visas…
Comment Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search HMRC doesn't have any money, either way this will end up as a cost to the taxpayer. The police are not HMRC's lackeys at their beck and call to come and look for lost filing on demand, so it's only right... [17 Jan 2008]
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