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M&S rapped for data loss

Ishkandar

Brown's poodle shows its teeth !! 

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 11:45 GMT

Stop

The Information Commissioner's Office is sanctioning M&S for lost data ?? What about the NHS, MoD, DVLA, et al ??

Not a peep form this poodle when the big dogs were around !!

Anonymous Coward

Gosh, so many comments 

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 12:24 GMT

See, it's not just government departments that are careless with their laptops. I forsee BCrypt having a bumber year.

Norm DePlume

Private vs Public Sector 

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 13:13 GMT

I think the TJX fiasco more than proved the private sector's capabilities in this field. It's just that, generally speaking, when it comes to monumental cock-ups you can't beat a government department.

Tom Chiverton

@Ishkandar 

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 13:13 GMT

Alert

"Information Commissioner's Office is sanctioning M&S for lost data ?? What about the NHS, MoD, DVLA, et al "

Because government departments are exempt from the data protection act (and common sense, apparently). Can't see that law changing, with the current government, can you ?

Anonymous Coward

If... 

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 13:13 GMT

**The ICO wants the power to carry out spot checks on private companies and government departments when it suspects data protection is not being carried out properly**

That puts most of our government departments in the sh*t then.

Anonymous Coward

BeCrypt??? 

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 14:56 GMT

Stop

Oh for the love of the Lord, NO!!!

Don't do it!!