From The Register
HM Revenue and Customs has appointed 37 staff to protect information, since it lost personal records on 25 million people last November.I heard a rumour that the "lost" child benefit discs never really existed - the individual who should have made them forgot to do so but claimed he'd posted them so they must have gotten lost in the post....just a rumour mind you!Each of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) business units has appointed a data guardian "to strengthen the management of the department's data assets", according to a parliamentary written answer by Jane Kennedy, financial secretary to the Treasury.