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Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News Stewart Room, partner in privacy and information for lawyers Field Fisher Waterhouse, said that the private sector has less regulation in place to keep data secure compared to the public sector, which saw additional data handling... [10 Aug 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. The role of the Information Commissioner's Office (or ICO) as the... [02 Jun 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... [07 Oct 2008]
EU: IT goods trade pact needs a refresh
News The ITA currently has 43 signatories, representing 70 members and states or customs territories. EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said: "The ITA remains a milestone duty-free agreement. The European... [17 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. Police and the Information Commissioner have been informed. [22 Aug 2008]
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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up And over at the head offices of HM Revenue & Customs, life is returning to normal. The HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents involving customer information with the Information Commissioner's... [02 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 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]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News Ashenden's speech made reference to several recent high-profile security breaches, including the exposure of 25 million individual's records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in November last year, and the loss of an MoD... [03 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]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the catalyst for a surge of data-loss reports, an ICO spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk. [18 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 campaign recently... [14 Feb 2008]
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