[pchelpers] News:Government loses 25m confidential records

Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk 

Published: 20 Nov 2007 17:38 GMT


Her Majesty's 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 chancellor of the exchequer,
Alistair Darling, said that two disks containing the details of
everybody in the UK who claims and receives child benefits had been
lost.

Details on the disks, which were only password protected, included
names, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and bank
and building society account details.

"This is an extremely serious matter," said Darling. "HMRC [Her
Majesty's Revenue & Customs] failed to meet the high standards expected
of it. I recognise that millions of people across the country will be
concerned."

More here:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290951,00.htm
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