Prison Staff Data Lost
The personal details of thousands of prison staff have been lost in the latest episode of incompetent Government data handling.
Although the data, contained on a 500 GB external hard drive, went missing more than a year news of the loss only reached the Ministry of Justice earlier today.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw was tipped off by the News of the World, who will be running the story in tomorrow's edition.
Mr Straw said: "I am extremely concerned about this missing data.
"I was informed of its loss by the News of the World and have ordered an urgent inquiry into the circumstances and the implications of the data loss and the level of risk involved.
"I have also asked for a report as to why I was not informed as soon as my department became aware of this issue."
EDS, the contractor responsible for the loss, informed HM Prison Service of the mishap back in early July.
The disk is believed to contain the names, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and payroll numbers of 5,000 Prison Service staff.
As these regular data losses go to show the Government can not be trusted to safeguard personal information.
Although the data, contained on a 500 GB external hard drive, went missing more than a year news of the loss only reached the Ministry of Justice earlier today.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw was tipped off by the News of the World, who will be running the story in tomorrow's edition.
Mr Straw said: "I am extremely concerned about this missing data.
"I was informed of its loss by the News of the World and have ordered an urgent inquiry into the circumstances and the implications of the data loss and the level of risk involved.
"I have also asked for a report as to why I was not informed as soon as my department became aware of this issue."
EDS, the contractor responsible for the loss, informed HM Prison Service of the mishap back in early July.
The disk is believed to contain the names, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and payroll numbers of 5,000 Prison Service staff.
As these regular data losses go to show the Government can not be trusted to safeguard personal information.
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