More Data Lost Thanks To Incompetent Government
23 12 07 - 03:06 Nine NHS trusts in England have admitted losing patient records in a fresh case of wholesale data loss by government services, it has emerged.Hundreds of thousands of adults and children are thought to be affected by the breaches, which emerged as part of a government-wide data security review.
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"I think it's the tip of the iceberg, actually, because there's such carelessness within the NHS and it's always impossible to hold anyone to account and find out who's actually done anything."
And concerning the other recent data losses in other departments:
Police are still searching for two computer discs containing the names, addresses, dates of birth and bank account details of every child benefit claimant after it emerged they had been lost in the post by HM Revenue and Customs in November.
Then on Monday it was revealed the details of three million learner drivers had also been lost after being sent to Iowa in America's mid-west.
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