The undicssued issue
Yes, I am _really_ annoyed that the NAO has lost yet another set of sensitive data. A similar thing happen with employee data earlier in the year.
But the big question, which no one seems to have mentioned, is why are the allowed to request the data in the first place. Isn't the Data Protection Act to protect and prevent the disclosure of personal data to unauthorised bodies.
In local government, we're not allowed to share data with other departments or authorities without notifying the named persons in the data. You need there consent. Why is it different for central government??
Biting the hand that feeds IT
