Red-faced: Home Office mistakenly publishes thousands of people's immigration details

[joebloggs]

another :censored: by the Tory HO :NoNo:

An internal investigation into the behaviour of the Home Office is being conducted after it admitted publishing the details of thousands of people going through the immigration system.


read more here .. http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2013/12/12/red-faced-home-office-mistakenly-publishes-thousand-s-of-peo

[les_taxi]

Just read it Joe - seems like a load of huff over nothing :Erm:

[joebloggs]

Just read it Joe - seems like a load of huff over nothing :Erm:

it would appear to be a clear breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the HO could face a £500,000 fine, hardly nothing :cwm25:

[les_taxi]

Load of .......s data protection act

[joebloggs]

Load of .......s data protection act

tell me Les why you think its a
Load of .......s

[les_taxi]

Easy as it so over the top as is Health and safety and Risk assesment
Did not have it years ago and all of the above mentioned things push common sense to the limit.

[joebloggs]

Easy as it so over the top as is Health and safety and Risk assesment
Did not have it years ago and all of the above mentioned things push common sense to the limit.

years ago data wasn't stored digitally like it is today, hard disks that hold terabytes, email and 64gb usb devices can hold alot of personal data.

why we need it. in simple terms http://www.jhigh.co.uk/ComputingSG/GPPs/Implications/Implication_DPA.html

used to try and prevent breaches like these from happening ..

http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-protection/20500/aberdeen-city-council-fined-%C2%A3100000-following-employee-data-breach
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2287087/ico-fines-bank-of-scotland-for-unforgivable-breach-of-data-protection-act
http://www.ico.org.uk/news/latest_news/2012/nhs-trust-fined-325000-following-data-breach-affecting-thousands-of-patients-and-staff-01062012

so les hardly
Load of .......s

[les_taxi]

Sorry Joe it is a load of .......s,taken too far,don't buy into it at all:smile:

[joebloggs]

Sorry Joe it is a load of .......s,taken too far,don't buy into it at all:smile:

so you think its ok les that your personal information is found in the carpark on a usb stick , ID theft doesn't bother you :cwm25:

[les_taxi]

Nope it doesen't:biggrin: