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From: Ophelia on 31 Mar 2010 04:51 "Big Les Wade" <Les(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:klIHy2MLowsLFww2(a)obviously.invalid... > Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> posted >>On 24/03/2010 16:09, Ret. wrote: >> >>> I don't put my e-mail address on my posts because I know from early >>> naive experience that that is the fastest way to end up with tons of >>> spam cascading into my inbox on a daily basis. >>> But we are not talking about public forums - we are talking about >>> official and secure databases. >>> >> >>Ah yes, official and secure. >> >>As I recall in the last couple of years, the entire records of the child >>benefit system have gone missin and there have been several other gaffs by >>HMRC, Benefits Agency and security services all involving personal data of >>many many thousands of people. >> > Here's another today: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/31/barnet_data_loss/ > > "Barnet Council has lost records of 9,000 school children after a laptop > and unencrypted USB stick were stolen. Nick Walkley, chief executive of > Barnet Council, has written to parents to apologise but said the risks > associated with the data breach were minimal. Information held included > children's names, educational attainment, entitlement to free meals and > postcodes and phone numbers. Some records were more detailed ..." > > "Minimal" ... Entitlement to free meals is information that schools are > obliged to keep strictly private. And names and postcodes - we've had > parents banned from taking photos at school plays just in case the paedos > use them to track down kids' names and addresses. But when the school > loses it, suddenly it's a "minimal" risk. Dear G*d!!! And still they expect us to trust them:( -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: Adrian on 31 Mar 2010 04:59 Big Les Wade <Les(a)nowhere.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Here's another today: <chuckle> You beat me to it, Les...
From: Adrian on 31 Mar 2010 04:59 "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Dear G*d!!! And still they expect us to trust them:( -- More worrying still - many people DO, implicitly.
From: Ophelia on 31 Mar 2010 05:04 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:81gh8eFvkuU9(a)mid.individual.net... > "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >> Dear G*d!!! And still they expect us to trust them:( -- > > More worrying still - many people DO, implicitly. I know:( -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: Big Les Wade on 31 Mar 2010 06:04
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> posted >Big Les Wade <Les(a)nowhere.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >were saying: > >> Here's another today: > ><chuckle> >You beat me to it, Les... The thing is, there are probably 100 such cases that never get reported for every one that does. Loads of employees in the education and social care sector take files home on memory sticks, or collect it via remote email. You can't get them to take it seriously, because they (usually) don't suffer the consequences of a breach. My wife used to do it, and would simply laugh at me when I advised her against it ... "oh don't be such a nerd you're always fussing about that stuff, everybody does it ...." -- Les Criticising the government is not illegal, but often on investigation turns out to be linked to serious offences. |