November 24th, 2007
See a Pattern? More Data Discs Lost in the U.K.
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Remember how the U.K. government lost the data of 40% of their population? How could it get worse? It’s worse, though only by showing a pattern, as the new loss of data isn’t critical.
HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed that a further six data discs have gone missing in transit between its offices in Preston and London.
The discs, which were reported missing on 30 October, contained recorded conversations between a member of staff and a customer making a complaint.
Police are still searching for two computer discs containing the details of 25m Child Benefit claimants. Source: BBC News
We Say: While, of course, conversations between a staffer and a customer may only affect those two, it does show a pattern. I think they need to stop using inter-office mail, don’t you?
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November 24th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Steve R says:
In case people missed it — here’s what happens to those missing data CDs:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/21/hmarc_ebay_auction/
(warning — funny.)
November 24th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
djahna says:
They lost data that important?,, And that much too? tsk tsk tsk
November 24th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
J. Corliss says:
Nothing new about this. Governments have been “losing” data for decades so that they can avoid having to pay out benefits. Here in the U.S., the military and VA are both famous for doing this kind of thing. On July 12, 1973, a disastrous fire at the National Personnel Records Center (MPR) destroyed approximately 16-18 million official military personnel files.
November 25th, 2007 at 5:03 am