OK, enough already

This government are making it very difficult for us bloggers. How on earth are we meant to keep up and document all the cock-ups that they are making? The latest piece of ineptitude is that "The details of three million candidates for the driving theory test have gone missing, Ruth Kelly has told MPs.
Names, addresses and phone numbers - but no financial information - were among details on a computer hard drive which went missing in the US in May...She said the information commission had judged the risks presented by the loss were not "substantial" and there was no need to notify each person individually.

The details did not include bank account details, National Insurance numbers, driving licence numbers or dates of birth, she said."

Have these people never heard of data security?


Alistair Darling made a Commons Statement just before Ruth Kelly, his was about the 25 million lost data records. Apparently "Mr Darling told MPs Mr Poynter's review had prioritised the immediate security measures that were needed at HMRC. Among them were banning the transfer of "bulk data" without certain security measures, and disabling lap tops to stop information being downloaded without the permission of a senior manager."

Phew, real top level, state of the art security there. Honestly these people wouldn't hold down a job as a whelk stall manager.