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Story: Wigan loses unencrypted data on 43,000 children

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Posted by: Andrew Meredith (Monday 7 September 2009, 1:58 PM)

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What else?

As a local government employee, this person would also have access to the National Identity Register if it ever actually happens. It says so in the Act itself. They would then be able to download (and lose) vital identifying information on YOU.

Government, either local, national or EU wide (for all will have access) simply cannot be trusted to hold this data. They have all proved this to us again and again. This is just one more instance for the stack.

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