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RSS dvlaGov't watchdog reveals first ID card worries
News Other risks cited in the 2003 report included inadequate support from relevant organisations such as the police, DVLA and Identity and Passport Service; and concerns that the sheer scale of the project "could lead to... [20 Mar 2009]
Security Blundered Brits: Could We Learn From the US?
White Paper Never a day goes by when one doesn't hear about another security blunder with highly confidential information being lost not only by Government departments but also by other large corporations including the DVA, DVLA,... [12 Feb 2009]
£273m in IT projects axed by UK
News Department for Transport m spent on canned projects, including £7.9m on the DVLA's Tracking Vehicles Through the Trade system and the £853,899 DfT electronic documents and records management system. Almost £300m-worth... [20 Oct 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News The databases that GMP run checks against include the Police National Computer, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA's) system, as well as other local police logs. A trial of an ANPR-linked database checking system... [05 Jun 2008]
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... [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 [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... [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... [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'... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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. [18 Dec 2007]
