We've heard the Chairman of the Revenue resigned yesterday - but what about the idiot that did this in the first place?
Has he or she been fired? None of the news bulletins I've heard have mentioned this. I know that in the Civil Service you don't usually get fired for incompetence - just moved to another department to repeat your stupidity in some other way and eventually draw an indexed linked pension at the taxpayers expense - but surely this is so serious that a termination of employment with no hope of reinstatement in government employment EVER is the only way we - the public - can be assured it really is being taken seriously? In Private Enterprise I doubt the Unions would even attempt to mount a case for wrongful dismissal in such an instance as there really is no defence - the individual apparently blatantly ignored procedures with devastating results. Another thought going through my mind - apparently the National Audit Office asked this person for the data. Was any check made that it really was the NAO asking? Or was it some con artist that has now got away with the biggest data con in history so far? And what of TNT? They apparently transported this - what have they to say for themselves? Peter MacGregor At 20:15 20/11/2007, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Many of you may have heard that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have > > lost the details of 25m people including bank details and various other > > information. > > > > I've just uploaded a quick guide to securing data - with an emphasis on > > picking good passwords - to my company's website @ > > http://www.cariss.co.uk/ > > > > It can be found under the news section on the front page. > > > > Hope this helps some people. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matt. > >I hope you forwarded the site to HMRC :) > >But seriously, thanks for that... It never hurts to review security policies >and enforce them > >Dan > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.1/1140 - Release Date: 19/11/2007 >19:05 > > > >____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or >use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > Send Your Posts To: [email protected] >To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: >http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk > >________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: >Jupitermedia Corp. >Attn: Discussion List Management >475 Park Avenue South >New York, NY 10016 > >Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1136 >- Release Date: 17/11/2007 14:55 ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
