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MPs say losing computer data should be made a crime
From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:00:01 -0500
MPs say losing computer data should be made a crime Tania Branigan, political correspondent Thursday January 3, 2008 The Guardian Recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence, a committee of MPs urges today in the wake of the child benefit fiasco. A report from the justice select committee says there is evidence of a widespread problem within government and expresses concern that further cases of data loss are still coming to light, adding that concerns about systemic failings were raised two years ago by the man now in charge of the government's review of security. The committee says that companies should be obliged to report information losses. "The scale of the data loss by government bodies and contractors is truly shocking, but the evidence we have had points to further hidden problems," warned Alan Beith, chairman of the committee. "It is frankly incredible, for example, that the measures HMRC [HM Revenue & Customs] has [now] put in place were not already standard procedure." The report was prompted by HMRC's loss of computer discs containing the personal and bank details of all British families claiming child benefit. < - > http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2234448,00.html _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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