Raptus regaliter (Royally screwed)
We interrupt our usual witty art-nude and porn (sorry I mean erotica) related repartee for a brief political rant. For those who are not remotely interested in UK politics, please skip to the next blog on your Google Reader.
Tonight, 25 million Britons are really, really pissed.
It seems that our omnipotent tax authorities, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, have lost confidential personal information on every single family in the UK who receives Child Benefit. Since everyone with kids receives this by default, that’s practically everybody.
The password-protected CDROM's, which contained all of the information on the HMRC's child benefit database, were sent unrecorded and were LOST IN THE POST!!!
The missing information contains the details of all Child Benefit records for 25 million individuals and 7m families. This includes dates of birth, national insurance numbers, bank and building society details. That effectively means the personal details of every family in the country with a child under 16 have gone missing.
The head of Revenue and Customs resigned this morning. Our esteemed Prime Minister (not renowned for his honour or integrity, but instead famous for being Machiavellian by nature) has warned of the possibility of identity fraud, and warned everyone to monitor their bank accounts.
That’s it. That’s all the help we get. No guarantee if identity theft occurs, or if money gets stolen from our bank accounts. No reassurance at all.
As you know, Rich and I run an internet software company. We take information security very seriously. Protection of customer details is critical to our business success. Our customers’ and resellers’ bank and credit card details are kept behind military-grade encryption software, and is deleted once the transaction has occurred. For regular customers who pay monthly, the encryption techniques are even stronger. No expense is spared to keep their details safe.
If I ran my company like HMRC, we’d be out of business within a day.
This government has no fucking clue! Just HOW can they get away with this? And why the hell are they still in office? How the hell are they supposed to be trusted with biometric data for identity cards next year?
Just what does it take to get rid of these idiots that run our country?
O.K. Rant over. Thank you for your time. Please also excuse the use of the “F” word, which is reserved only for when I’m suffering from extreme apoplexy induced by incompetent morons.
Tonight, 25 million Britons are really, really pissed.
It seems that our omnipotent tax authorities, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, have lost confidential personal information on every single family in the UK who receives Child Benefit. Since everyone with kids receives this by default, that’s practically everybody.
The password-protected CDROM's, which contained all of the information on the HMRC's child benefit database, were sent unrecorded and were LOST IN THE POST!!!
The missing information contains the details of all Child Benefit records for 25 million individuals and 7m families. This includes dates of birth, national insurance numbers, bank and building society details. That effectively means the personal details of every family in the country with a child under 16 have gone missing.
The head of Revenue and Customs resigned this morning. Our esteemed Prime Minister (not renowned for his honour or integrity, but instead famous for being Machiavellian by nature) has warned of the possibility of identity fraud, and warned everyone to monitor their bank accounts.
That’s it. That’s all the help we get. No guarantee if identity theft occurs, or if money gets stolen from our bank accounts. No reassurance at all.
As you know, Rich and I run an internet software company. We take information security very seriously. Protection of customer details is critical to our business success. Our customers’ and resellers’ bank and credit card details are kept behind military-grade encryption software, and is deleted once the transaction has occurred. For regular customers who pay monthly, the encryption techniques are even stronger. No expense is spared to keep their details safe.
If I ran my company like HMRC, we’d be out of business within a day.
This government has no fucking clue! Just HOW can they get away with this? And why the hell are they still in office? How the hell are they supposed to be trusted with biometric data for identity cards next year?
Just what does it take to get rid of these idiots that run our country?
O.K. Rant over. Thank you for your time. Please also excuse the use of the “F” word, which is reserved only for when I’m suffering from extreme apoplexy induced by incompetent morons.
posted by Lin at 5:16 PM
1 Comments:
You can't talk about bureaucrats without using the F word.
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