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29/12/2008
Government slammed for data loss cases |
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The Scottish National Party has spoken out against the government after a series of incidents in which important and confidential data was lost this year.
It claimed that over 13 million records were lost by the Labour government in 2008.
SNP home affairs spokesperson Pete Wishart stated that the figures suggest that a "shockingly cavalier approach" is being taken towards data loss by government officials.
He continued: "Despite promises of tightened security and high-level reviews in light of the loss of the personal details of 35 million child benefit claimants […] there have been nine serious security breaches in 2008."
Mr Wishart also suggested that, in light of this, the government should withdraw its ID card plan as it is "expensive and intrusive" and a "disaster waiting to happen", considering previous incidents of data loss.
In related developments, Computing.co.uk recently declared 2008 to be the year of lost data.
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