[Wylug-discuss] HMRC data loss = No ID cards?

[David Holden]

On Tuesday 20 Nov 2007, Shaun Laughey wrote:
> James Holden wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > The beeb reports...
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7103566.stm
> >
> > ...that junior civil servants at HMRC burned the entire database of
> > child benefit recipients, including NI numbers, DOBs and bank details on
> > to a couple of CD-Rs, then stuck them in the post, and lost them.
> >
> > This would include me (+ wife + kids) so I'm hardly impressed.
> >
> > On the plus side, does this mean that the government's ability to manage
> > big databases of personal information is now proved to be utterly
> > non-existent? Perhaps now they'll never manage to pull off the national
> > ID card database.
> >
> > James
>
> I think I heard some governmenty person using it as a JUSTIFICATION for
> ID cards.
>
> :'(
>
> Shaun Laughey.
>
>

 They clearly need to invest in some SSL jiffy bags.

 Dave.



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