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Comment Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search HMRC doesn't have any money, either way this will end up as a cost to the taxpayer. The police are not HMRC's lackeys at their beck and call to come and look for lost filing on demand, so it's only right... [17 Jan 2008]
HMRC tax credit system: Lost "almost £10bn"
News The Her Majesty's Revenue & Custom's (HMRC) system to give a tax break to families has lost £9.91bn in fraud, error and overpayments to date.silicon.com Financial Services The Liberal Democrats say the quarterly figures released by the HMRC show... [22 May 2008]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News The news two CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has caused outrage and disbelief among silicon.com readers, many of whom believe it has serious... [22 Nov 2007]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News The loss by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of two password-protected CDs containing 25 million personal details of those who claim and receive child benefit was a major blow for privacy, according to assistant information commissioner... [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News Emails released by the National Audit Office (NAO) reveal HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) did not strip out bank account and other sensitive details contained on the two CDs that have gone missing because of the extra cost it could have incurred. [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC slammed over Capgemini contract costs
News The Committee of Public Accounts has slammed the spiralling cost of HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC) IT services contract with Capgemini. Some of the most controversial costs, said Leigh, were around HMRC's decision to subsidise the costs of rival... [12 Jun 2007]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment If the US legislative agenda were to be rolled out across Europe, countless examples like the HMRC incident would be regularly reported. But the HMRC's wayward discs were a mere dry run, argues Stewart Room. [27 Nov 2007]
HMRC waives late fee after site crash
News People filing their tax returns online over the weekend will be exempt from a £100 late filing penalty, following problems with the HMRC Self Assessment Online website. The HMRC self assessment tax website was unavailable for a large part of the... [05 Feb 2008]
HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes
News A week after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) admitted it has misplaced the personal records of an estimated 25 million people, it seems not everyone is concerned about the potential implications. It emerged last week that HMRC has lost two password... [29 Nov 2007]
HMRC lose 6,500 pensioners' details
News The details were lost at an office of Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in Cardiff after a data cartridge went missing in September, an HMRC spokesperson said yesterday. The cartridge was signed for when it reached the office but was... [19 Dec 2007]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News More than 30 officials from four HMRC departments and a number of NAO staff played some part in the data loss. HMRC moves to having single customer records across all systems. HMRC begins to communicate with customers via email instead of paper. [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Poynter report said: "The data loss incident arose following a sequence of communications failures between junior HMRC officials and between them and the National Audit Office (NAO). The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking... [25 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer stung by £2.25m HMRC apology
News The government has admitted it cost £2.25m to send letters of apology to people affected by the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The seven figure bill provoked outrage from the Taxpayer's Alliance who... [17 Jan 2008]
HMRC Meets Tough Targets for Recycling, Thanks to HP Planet Partners
White Paper Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) needed to increase its recycling if it was to meet ambitious corporate responsibility targets. Within the first 18 months of joining the HP Planet Partners programme, it had recycled 13.1 tonnes of HP toner... [19 Dec 2006]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News Indeed, it is the third major data leakage from HMRC in just three months. He said: "Even if the data on the CDs [sent by an HMRC official to the National Audit Office] does not get into the hands of fraudsters, it is likely that even now a large... [22 Nov 2007]
