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MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards

News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past five months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patient...

Tags: data loss, mod, full disclosure, cards

[13 Mar 2008]

'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC

News A string of revelations about lost government data followed the HMRC data breach, including the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the

Tags: full disclosure, data loss, hmrc, details

[29 Feb 2008]

BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban

News The government has suffered a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the loss of more than 4,000 patient...

Tags: data loss, blackberry, mod, government

[04 Feb 2008]

silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign

News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past four months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patient...

Tags: data loss, richard thomas, ico, campaign

[31 Jan 2008]

Gov't fails to keep court data locked up

News The data breach is the latest incident in an exhausting list of government security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the HMRC losing 25...

Tags: loss, procedures, questions, details

[23 Jan 2008]

Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops

News The government has suffered a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the loss of more than 4,000 patient...

Tags: mod, government, security, whitehall

[22 Jan 2008]

Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records

News Defence minister Des Browne will make a statement today about the latest incident in a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches by the UK government, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing...

Tags: mod, ico, security, data loss

[21 Jan 2008]

Driver e-services save £33m

News The Department for Transport and its agencies, including the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), have saved £33m using online and electronic services in the last year. The online services for the DVLA, Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the...

Tags: e-services, online, dvla, nao

[16 Jan 2008]

Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…

Comment So basically it's a shopping list for a car thief so they can steal to order and plan their thefts in comfort instead of having to wander around in the cold night air and of course now the data is (possibly) in the public domain then the DVLA can...

Tags: driver, google, hmrc, encryption

[20 Dec 2007]

Top 10 government IT stories of the year

News Privacy watchdog clamps down on DVLA data sharing Last year, the DVLA was criticised for making £6.3m selling drivers' details to private sector companies - slapped wrists all round. The year was dominated by stories about government-held personal...

Tags: public sector, hmrc, government, chips

[19 Dec 2007]

MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss

News These measures include greater electronic transmission of data; plans to merge the DVLA's database in Swansea with that of the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland; and greater clarity of responsibility.

Tags: hmrc, dsa, department of transport, loss

[18 Dec 2007]

Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling

News The data, which was contained on two CDs, was being sent from the DVA in Coleraine to the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) in Swansea in response to vehicle manufacturers needing to contact owners about potential faults with vehicles.

Tags: gov, dva, law, hmrc

[18 Dec 2007]

Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'

News Paul Davie, founder of Secerno, said: "Breaches such as the HMRC's loss of two discs affected 25 million people, while Leeds Building Society recently lost sensitive data relating to workers' payslips and this month, the DVLA compromised 6,000...

Tags: norwich union life, fine, data loss, fsa

[17 Dec 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.12.07

Round-Up The data has already been resent to the DVLA via a different method - dead carrier pigeon loaded into a catapult - but Foster said courier delivery has been used for sending "this type of data… without incident for many years".

Tags: mobile, dva, facebook, data

[14 Dec 2007]

Data breach hits thousands of motorists

News The data, which was contained on two CDs, was being sent from the DVA in Coleraine to the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) in Swansea in response to vehicle manufacturers needing to contact owners about potential faults with vehicles.

Tags: breach, dvla, data, agency

[12 Dec 2007]

Q&A: Julian David: IBM's vice president public sector business

Comment We run the whole of the DVLA's infrastructure and their transformation activities. One of our major transformation programmes is with the DVLA. Julian David, IBM's vice president public sector business, has been with the company 26 years, with...

Tags: transformation, ibm, public sector, council

[05 Dec 2007]

Data sharing 'could sap public confidence'

News He added: "If you don't tell the DVLA of a change of address, after a month you're liable to a fine of £1,000 and it will be the same under the National Identity Register. If someone had, for example, notified their doctor of a change of address...

Tags: government, data sharing, confidence, public sector

[12 Nov 2007]

DVLA ups contact centre performance

News The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has extended its relationship with networking company Avaya with the purchase of £250,000 of priority call routing software. The implementation is part of an ongoing drive by the DVLA to improve...

Tags: contact centre, avaya, dvla, sector

[06 Nov 2007]

Stories of the Month - September 2007

News Privacy watchdog clamps down on DVLA data sharing In other data security news, the Information Commissioner's Office issuing guidance on how the personal data of motorists can be used by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

Tags: iplayer, europe, contactless payment, vista

[28 Sep 2007]

SAP Helps British Government Agencies to Improve Efficiency, Deliver and Develop Modern, Effective Public Services

whitepaper The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) facilitates road safety and general law enforcement in the United Kingdom by maintaining registers of drivers and vehicles and by collecting vehicle excise duty (automobile tax).

Tags: erp, vehicle, enterprise resource planning, united kingdom

[14 Sep 2007]

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