I was amused to read in the Register about a new breach of UK citizens’ data. Apparently, a disc with data about three million driving test applicants was lost by Pearson Driving Assessments in Iowa, USA. Entertainingly, the article explains:
Most Brits, of course, have no idea where Iowa is and why should they care? But the question remains: what the bleeding nora was the Driving Standards Agency using an Iowa-based company for? Is there no British company that could do whatever it is this bunch of yank chancers was supposed to be doing?
Civil servants can’t guarantee the security of OUR data in this country, and here they are doling it out willy-nilly to shifty, untrustworthy foreigners.
Heads should roll. OUR data should stay in the UK, Its management should not be outsourced all over the planet to save a few pence.
I do my best to stay shifty, and am proud to see my labors finally recognized! More seriously, data security is difficult anywhere – it doesn’t really matter where the data is.
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