Records Of All Families In The Uk With A Child Under 16 Have Gone Missing

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"It is the latest and by far the most serious of a string of missing data incidents at HM Revenue and Customs"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7103566.stm

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[threegee]

And the buck - once again - stops at Mr Alastair Darling!

Accident-prone just ain't the word for it. He'd better find someone else to blame sharpish, or Malcolm is right and it's the 'r' word!

[Pencil_Neck]

And the buck - once again - stops at Mr Alastair Darling!

Accident-prone just ain't the word for it. He'd better find someone else to blame sharpish, or Malcolm is right and it's the 'r' word!

Mr Darling is looking like Paul Robinson......

[Hamburger Pimp]

I fear the worst for "Lassiter's".

[Pencil_Neck]

I fear the worst for "Lassiter's".

[Malcolm Robinson]

The governance of the country is starting to look like a joke, from any angle. These people couldn't run a raffle! Problem is I cannot see anyone else on any of the benches with the right questions never mind answers!

[Monsta®]

who send something that important unrecorded? would it of not be more sensible to send it by specail courier or at least recorded delivery! could have claimed the £34 compo!

[threegee]

The real joke is that the data isn't encrypted. Nor have they said exactly what they mean by password protected - all in the "public interest" of course!

The Revenue has also reportedly "lost" no less than 42 laptops in the last year containing sensitive data!

On top of this we've recently had a chief constable resign over (amongst other things) his own "private use" of the police national computer. But the fact is that all these are only the instances that get reported - they're the tip of the iceberg of public body data leaks.

If anyone thinks that any public body can be trusted with their ID card data they're not living in the real world. ID cards would be a total waste of billions of pounds that are badly needed elsewhere. They wouldn't save anyone's time except criminal's, and be just something else to lose!

[Monsta®]

The real joke is that the data isn't encrypted. Nor have they said exactly what they mean by password protected - all in the "public interest" of course!

The Revenue has also reportedly "lost" no less than 42 laptops in the last year containing sensitive data!

On top of this we've recently had a chief constable resign over (amongst other things) his own "private use" of the police national computer. But the fact is that all these are only the instances that get reported - they're the tip of the iceberg of public body data leaks.

If anyone thinks that any public body can be trusted with their ID card data they're not living in the real world. ID cards would be a total waste of billions of pounds that are badly needed elsewhere. They wouldn't save anyone's time except criminal's, and be just something else to lose!

probably md5 encrypted which is as much use as a chocolate fire guard!

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I wonder what happened to them though... I know the police are saying that they have no reason to suspect that some crminal has hold of them, but is that just to keep the peace? After all how many days did it take for Mr Darling to admit they were lost? 12?

I still cant believe they sent them by standard post! Oh well, at least someone out there trusts Royal Mail!

[Denzel]

Has this all been resolved yet? I'm sick with worry.