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RSS details hmPAYE system not ready for rollout
News The system to bring individual PAYE details together on one network had been due to go live in October this year but no new date has been set for its launch. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) postponed the PAYE system because of uncertainty over whether... [21 Jul 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 UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under... [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 personal data and the... [11 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Three separate investigations have looked into HM Revenue & Custom's loss of 25 million people's personal details on 18 October last year. It was during the second audit, on 18 October, that the two CDs containing the personal details of 25 million... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Two government departments face enforcement action from the UK data protection watchdog for between them losing more than 25 million people's details. The MoD's loss of 600,000 personnel and new recruit details was also heavily criticised in a... [25 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up A shadow home affairs spokesman said he was shocked that "so many public officials have been sacked or disciplined for abusing people's private details". And over at the head offices of HM Revenue & Customs, life is returning to normal. [02 May 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News Information has been stolen, gone missing in the post and while in transit with a courier, and the ICO said the material includes a wide range of personal details, including financial and health records. [22 Apr 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News It was on former chairman Paul Gray's watch that the department lost the two CDs containing the details of 25 million people last October. A string of revelations about lost government data followed the HMRC data breach, including the NHS losing... [29 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 made a breakthrough when the... [14 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million child... [04 Feb 2008]
Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny
News The Treasury said IT systems underpinning these projects will be examined as part of the drive to uncover savings in service delivery but refused to give specific details of the projects under the microscope. [01 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News Recent data breaches include the loss of 25 million details by HM Revenue & Customs, reported last November, and the more recent loss of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 3,700 people's bank details, as well as other data on up to 600,000... [31 Jan 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The government department responsible for ensuring standards in the UK's courts is investigating the loss of four CDs containing personal details. The data breach is the latest incident in an exhausting list of government security breaches, which... [23 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue and Customs' loss of 25 million... [22 Jan 2008]
