Darling Blames Officials For Data Loss
News Darling confirmed that two discs containing details on about 25 million people had been lost in the post after officials had failed to follow the proper procedures for data handling. He insisted, however, that the department already had procedures...
[November 21, 2007, 7:16]
The New Procedures For The Earned Income Tax Credit
White Papers The new procedures, which would be phased in over several years, could ultimately impose increased burdens on as many as 25 percent to 30 percent of all low-income working families with children applying for the EITC - or up to four to five...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Driving Standards Agency Overhauls Security
News The government revealed the wide-ranging reform of information-protection procedures that have been brought in to prevent a repeat of the loss of a hard disc by US contractor Pearson Driving Assessments in May last year.
[March 31, 2008, 9:42]
Brown Alerted To HMRC Data Risk In 2004
News The prime minister was warned about inadequate data-protection procedures years ago, it has emerged. Gordon Brown was told three years ago that weak data-protection procedures governing the child-benefit database made fraud or mistakes more likely...
[December 10, 2007, 14:36]
Immediate Ban Stops Laptops Leaving Whitehall
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million child...
[January 23, 2008, 7:52]
BlackBerrys Grounded By Whitehall Data Ban
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following the loss by HM Revenue & Customs of 25 million...
[February 5, 2008, 8:13]
Government Loses 25m Confidential Records
News HMRC had not followed procedures for data transit, said Darling. HM Revenue & Customs has admitted to losing the details of 25 million individuals, with 7.25 million UK families potentially affected. In a speech to parliament on Tuesday, the...
[November 20, 2007, 16:38]
Cabinet Minister Loses PC
News This case has highlighted that our departmental guidance and procedures on lower-level material are not as clear as they should be. We are therefore revising our guidance and procedures accordingly," said the spokesperson.
[June 17, 2008, 18:24]
MoD Admits Loss Of Over 11,000 ID Cards
News The revelation prompted condemnation from opposition parties who said that it made a mockery of security procedures at military facilities and showed a scandalous disregard for the security of British citizens.
[March 14, 2008, 7:31]
Norwich Union Life Fined £1.26m For Data Loss
News We have extensive procedures in place to protect our customers but in this instance weaknesses were exploited and we were the target of organised fraud. The fraudsters used the information to request the surrender of 74 customers' policies...
[December 17, 2007, 12:31]
RIM And Airwave Vie To Cut Police Paperwork
News Police in Lancashire are already using voice-recording technology to replace the use of carbon paper in stop and account procedures, and Flanagan is keen for this approach to become more widespread. In the review, Flanagan recommended that officers...
[February 20, 2008, 10:27]
Darling: Greater Accountability Key To Data Security
News The interim Poynter review was set up to look at what led to the loss of the HMRC discs, and to make recommendations on how procedures should be changed to mitigate future data loss. She said that, to improve data transfer in future, the databases...
[December 17, 2007, 17:23]
Lib Dems Brand 2007 'worst Ever Year' For Privacy
News This followed the loss by HM Revenue & Customs of two discs containing the details of some 25 million people, after officials had failed to follow the proper procedures for handling data. Research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that 37...
[January 8, 2008, 15:10]
HMRC Data Loss Blamed On Targets
News Having simple procedures doesn't work if the only way to hit targets is to bypass those procedures, he added. In November 2007, HMRC admitted it had lost two CDs containing the details of 25 million individuals.
[April 23, 2008, 13:25]
ICO: Data-breach Spate 'no Worse' Than Normal
News There is also an ongoing review of data-handling procedures in Whitehall, which the spokesperson said is exposing more data-loss incidents. HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the...
[February 15, 2008, 16:01]
Ministry Of Justice Loses Four CDs Of Personal Data
News We will be looking for answers to searching questions about the security procedures which HMICA have in place to protect personal information and the safeguards that have been introduced to prevent a reoccurrence of this type of incident.
[January 23, 2008, 12:33]
Gov't Planning Centralised Communications Database
News However, a spokesperson for the ISP Association (ISPA) told ZDNet.co.uk on Monday that the association was still "looking to find out what's meant" by certain phrases in the draft legislation, particularly the part referring to a need to "modify...
[May 20, 2008, 13:33]
