Reuters is reporting that the UK government Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling informed parliament that "two discs containing information on 25 million Britons had disappeared after being sent through HMRC's courier, Dutch mail and parcel company TNT NV, and a police investigation was underway."
"The missing information contains details of all child benefit recipients: records for 25 million individuals and 7.25 million families," according to Darling. It was a "serious failure" he said - no kidding?
Hmm, let's see. The UK government desires every citizens' and travelers' DNA, every person's travel related details, has created a national registry of all children under 18, is developing a national ID card, etc., etc., and yet it can't guarantee basic protection to any of the information it collects.
Nice, very nice.
