After a string of high level data loss incidents, Opposition MPs in the UK have condemned the government for failing to protect the personal information of tens of millions of Britons stored across numerous public services.
The information commissioner is to take action against two government organisations over data-loss incidents.
Plans for a national ID database must be reviewed following the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data blunder, according to the government's own data protection minister.
The UK government has admitted that its Revenue & Customs department has lost the details of 25 million individuals after two disks went missing in the mail.
Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales has gone missing after a Home Office contractor lost a USB stick on which it had been stored.
The Driving Standards Agency has admitted losing over three million learner drivers' details.
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