- -and we're expected to trust this lot

[kurt_f]

my mums one of those '25 million people'

[catgate]

From what I have seen today it looks as thought the Ministers are hiding behind the notion of "chip and pin = password" .

[CurlyWhirly]

It will be available for download soon like the phone book was! Nice to see them blaming the 'juniors' - at least this way 'heads won't roll' eh! ;)

Yes.

Also putting this data on to a CD was illegal and not in accordance with the data protection act

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7104945.stm

The chancellor said the civil servant had broken the rules by downloading the data to disc and sending it by unrecorded delivery

[Watchful]

I'm beginning not to trust anyone these days :(

[Gandalph]

Ermmm.....who was it that brought out the 'Data Protection Act' again...I just can't remember at the moment.

[andsome]

From last nights News night, it now appears that the government were trying to make a scapegoat of the civil servant involved. Evidently it has been normal practise to use these C.D's for some time for sensitive information due to cutbacks ordered by Brown. The department concerned did NOT WANT all the information that was downloaded. The Audit office only wanted a relatively small amount of information, but were told that due to government cuts it was too costly to separate out the required information.

[CurlyWhirly]

From last nights News night, it now appears that the government were trying to make a scapegoat of the civil servant involved.

Typical government behaviour - blame it on a scapegoat.

In yesterdays PM Question time I couldn't believe that Gordon Brown tried to blame the Opposition by mentioning the Tories plans to make cutbacks.

How can the Tories be to blame when Labour has been in power for the last 10 years :lol:

Also it's ironic that Brown's cost cutting measures were partly responsible for this fiasco

[-pops-]

They're for sale on eBay

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[andsome]

They're for sale on eBay

Here

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Watchful]

That's wicked! :lol:

[Tankus]

It gets better

Apparently the password was written on the envelope incase the other dept couldn't access it .......

The receiving dept didn't want sensitive information on the disc sent , but it was deemed too expesive to have the fields removed (huh ?)

there were cost considerations over using registered post (oh boy!)

I now actually watch PMQ's on the net ...as its the best comedy available ..out there !

[Watchful]

We watch PMQs every Wednesday on TV but yesterday our local transmittor was down so we couldn't get reception all afternoon :(

We usually have a good laugh while eating our dinner.

[CurlyWhirly]

We watch PMQs every Wednesday on TV but yesterday our local transmittor was down so we couldn't get reception all afternoon :(

You can watch it online here

I use the link if for some reason I miss it on TV.

[AlanHo]

.....Content of the Emails

[Watchful]

Thanks for the links boys. I did know about it being online as they're always telling you about it. Trouble is, I spend too much time online as it is so watching it with my husband on TV is like 'quality' time together

It's useful for when you miss it though.

[andsome]

This whole farce goes from bad to worse. If you had written a story about this and tried to get it published, you would have been told that it was too ludicrous and too far removed from reality. Even the old Brian Rix farces couldn't compete with this. Where are the government supporters now? Come on folks, defend them over this.