UK: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) admits personal data breaches

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/moj-admits-personal-data-breaches

MoJ admits personal data breaches
Thursday 17 September 2009 by James Dean

Nearly 2,000 people have had personal information about themselves lost by 
the Ministry of Justice over the past year, in a series of incidents 
listed in the departments accounts, published last week.

The disclosure comes after the MoJ faced embarrassment last year when its 
IT supplier EDS lost track of a portable hard disk containing data on 
around 250 prison staff.

As well as the EDS incident, the report lists three other instances where 
the loss of data had to be reported to the information commissioner.

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