Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Northern Ireland Agency Misplaces Driver Data CDs

Via Register UK -

Unencrypted computer discs containing the names and addresses of 6,000 Northern Ireland motorists has gone missing in the post.

The material, which was sent from Northern Ireland Driver and Vehicle Agency to the UK's main Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea, is reckoned to gave gone astray in a sorting centre in Coventry. The agency has written to drivers involved apologising for the slip-up.The data was sent in requests from vehicle manufacturers, who needed to send drivers information about potential faults with various vehicle models. Information held on the two missing CDs included the registration number, chassis number, make and colour of 7,685 vehicles as well as the names and addresses of more than 6,000 registered owners. No financial data was included on the discs, the BBC reports.

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While this information isn't really that valuable when compared to the child information "misplaced" by HMRC, it does make me wonder if this trend of increased disclosure will really make a difference in public opinion.

Will the public grow tried of all these disclosures? Will they begin to take all these "possible" information leakages less serious and ultimately lose trust in the principle of disclosure?

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