Comments on: Another day, another laptop loss

By: Baz

Baz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:23:16 +0000

to be honest if its government, its a lost cause…

… the British lost 15 million social security records last year. It’s endemic, its like the Ogilvy qoute “If pay peanuts, you get monkeys”, except its reversed to “if you hire monkeys you get peanuts”

Generally most of the civil service have degrees in bs which they spin to us all.

Everything data protection wise in state agencies and semi state should be outsourced, i gaureentee thrice as many people could be employed, for the same money, with a large profit

By: Fergus O'Rourke

Fergus O'Rourke — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:05:12 +0000

Yes, I have, in the interim, been persuaded by such arguments.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:36:12 +0000

@Fergus – Unless there’s a reporting obligation, how does a potential plaintiff know which of the many organisations which hold his/her credit card details is responsible for the loss of data and subsequent damages? And is it realistic to expect the average aggrieved customer to start proceedings? After all, we’re not all barristers.

By: Fergus O'Rourke

Fergus O'Rourke — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:47:36 +0000

Do we really need yet another law ? Does the DP regulator not have power that he can use to achive the same result ?

If a customer actually suffers loss, the failure to tell him or her as soon as possible would certainly weaken any defence to a claim in negligence.

By: David Stock

David Stock — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:58:52 +0000

They really should find better ways of carrying their data. What they are doing is not safe for their customers and I just hope they have made backup copies of that. Still, they’ve put their clients in jeopardy.

By: Verbo.se » Bord Gáis Muppets

Verbo.se » Bord Gáis Muppets — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:42:44 +0000

[...] Since nobody else has asked yet: What in fuck’s name was that data doing on a laptop? Some 75,000 Bord Gais customers have been warned to monitor their bank accounts for suspicious transactions after a laptop computer containing their account details was stolen. [...]