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Lost data total nears 30 million records
News July 2008: The Ministry of Justice reveals data on 45,000 people, including criminal records and banking and court information have been lost or compromised in the preceding 12 months, following the loss of laptops,... [30 Sep 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Recent reports of government data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients'... [01 Apr 2008]
Driver agency plugs data leaks
News Recent reports of data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and... [28 Mar 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that more than 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen in the past two years. The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past five months,... [13 Mar 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News Recent reports of data losses include the loss of a laptop by the Ministry of Defence, disclosed in January, which contained personal details of 600,000 prospective or actual recruits for the armed forces. [18 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The devices have fallen foul of the department-wide ban imposed by cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell in the wake of the revelations about the Ministry of Defence data loss last month that resulted from a stolen laptop. [04 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The document, which has been sent to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), also asks for powers for the ICO to carry out spot checks on companies and authorities processing personal data, to bring "seriously unlawful" data... [31 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 600,000... [30 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up How about this for an advertising slogan for the Ministry of Defence: "The Armed Forces Want You! The discs went missing on 15 December last year after being mailed by recorded delivery from the Ministry... [25 Jan 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The discs went missing on 15 December last year after being mailed by recorded delivery from the Ministry of Justice to an unknown recipient. A question mark hangs over which postal carrier handled the discs, as the... [23 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted personal data from offices in the wake of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) data loss.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are... [22 Jan 2008]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News The Ministry of Defence has had two further laptops stolen, admitted Defence Secretary Des Browne.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [22 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) laptop containing personal data about 600,000 people has been stolen in the latest security breach to hit the government.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking... [21 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The Ministry of Defence gave the green light to supply the mobile email handset to anyone in the department that needs one. Atos Origin NHS contract not in the best of health The IT consultancy Atos... [19 Dec 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled an £80m electronic military medical records system. Mike Manson, assistant director medical information management in the DMS department of the MoD, said: "This population is... [02 Aug 2007]
