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Nu geloof ik eigenlijk niet echt in de efficiëntie van zulke databanken en vrees dat het in de praktijk in sommige gevallen zelfs contraproductief zal werken in crimineel onderzoek.
Waar ik me wel zorgen om maak is het immens slechte track record qua lekken naar de buitenwereld toe van zulke databases. Ik zal hieronder een, vrij lange, lijst posten van een aantal aan zulke databases gelieerde incidenten die zich de laatste twee jaar voordeden in het VK. Ik vrees dat zulke incidenten, nu België ook meer en meer gebruik wil maken van zulke databases hier ook meer en meer zullen voorkomen.
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17 September 2008 The Insolvency Service. Laptop containing personal details of 385 former directors of insolvent companies has been stolen. Greater Manchester Police are investigating the burglary, which happened on 28 August. The Insolvency Service said 385 ex-company directors had been affected and also about 150 people with a connection to the firms. Information on the company directors included name, address, date of birth and occupation. No bank account details were held. In relation to the creditors, complainants and employees, the data included name, address, and bank account details in a small number of cases.
16 September 2008.
NHS memory stick found in street. An NHS trust has apologised after a computer memory stick, containing the confidential files of 200 patients, was found in a street. It stored a summary of medical histories and patients' national insurance numbers and addresses.
Monday, 15 September 2008 18:19 UK.
Police admit to lost data blunder. A police force has undertaken an urgent hunt for a computer memory stick after admitting it has been lost by an officer on duty. A police force has undertaken an urgent hunt for a computer memory stick after admitting it has been lost by an officer on duty.
Monday, 15 September 2008 18:12 UK. Trust loses 18,000 staff records. Discs containing personal information on almost 18,000 NHS staff have gone missing from a north London hospital. Discs containing personal information on almost 18,000 NHS staff have gone missing from a north London hospital.
10 September 2008 11:34 UK
Up to 15,000 patients' data taken
Computer back-up tapes containing personal information on up to 15,396 patients at a surgery have been stolen. "There are 15,396 patients registered at the surgery and potentially information on all of them could be on the tapes.
27 August 2008 12:38 UK,
Health board lost patients' data
A health board has tightened its security measures after the loss of two memory sticks containing patient data.
27 August 2008 12:05 UK Taxpayers' details found on eBay. A Leicestershire council is investigating a report that a computer containing taxpayers' personal details was sold on auction website eBay. Bank account numbers and sort codes of people in the Charnwood Borough Council area were reportedly found after the equipment was sold for £6.99. Information including bank account numbers, telephone numbers, mothers' maiden names and signatures of customers of American Express, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were reportedly found on the computer.
Thursday, 21 August 2008 22:56 UK
Company loses data on criminals
A contractor working for the Home Office has lost a computer memory stick containing personal details about tens of thousands of criminals. The lost data includes details about 10,000 prolific offenders as well as information on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales.
9 August 2008 13:06 UK
BBC sorry after TV data is stolen
The BBC has apologised after a memory stick containing the personal details of hundreds of children who had applied to take part in a TV show was stolen. Deverell also informed parents they could call a free helpline if they had concerns about the lost data - which included names, addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers.
29 July 2008 09:42 UK
Missing laptop data not 'at risk'
A laptop computer from the Citizens Advice Bureau in Coleraine has gone missing. The details of about 7,000 people were on the computer of an outreach worker from the voluntary group which was mislaid in transit.
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 14:17 UK
Surgery patients' data is stolen
Information on more than 3,500 patients at a surgery in Greater Manchester has been stolen, health bosses have said.
22 July 2008 20:56 UK
'Spying' requests exceed 500,000
More than 500,000 official "spying" requests for private communications data such as telephone records were made last year, a report says. Police, security services and other public bodies made requests for billing details and other information.
18 July 2008 18:52 UK
MoD admits loss of secret files
More than 100 USB memory sticks, some containing secret information, have been lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence since 2004, it has emerged. The department also admitted that more than 650 laptops had been stolen over the past four years - nearly double the figure previously claimed. But the MoD insisted its policies were "generally fit for purpose". The Mod said it has no idea on when, where and how the memory sticks were lost. The official total is now 658 laptops stolen, with another 89 lost. Just 32 have been recovered.
17 July 2008 15:53 UK
MOTs data viewed by India workers
IT workers in India were given access to a database of all vehicles subject to an MOT in Britain, the Department for Transport has confirmed. The data included details of 65,000 MOT testers and 16,500 people authorised to examine vehicles for MOTs, but no information on vehicle owners. Ministers said Siemens staff testing software could view but not save, amend or copy the information. The Tories said the government lacked "basic competence... with our data".
17 July 2008 06:43 UK
NHS trusts lose confidential data
More than 150 incidents of data being lost at NHS trusts across Wales have put patient and staff details at risk. Among the examples over a three year period, patient details from an entire children's ward in Wrexham were found on a piece of paper in a puddle. In another revealed by BBC Wales after Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, a highly confidential child protection file was sent to the wrong address. Health Minister Edwina Hart said she was "quite horrified" by the findings. Its other cases included a senior nurse finding a sheet of paper lying in a puddle that had "confidential and sensitive information", including the names and diagnosis of every patient in the children's ward at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in March 2006. Cardiff and Vale had six computers - mainly laptops - stolen between December 2005 and November 2007. Cardiff and Vale had six computers - mainly laptops - stolen between December 2005 and November 2007. Confidential personal information also went missing by mail, fax and courier from Velindre NHS Trust. North West Wales NHS Trust reported 10 incidents of patient information being seen by others due to "clerical errors". Carmarthenhire NHS Trust had 24 security breaches - mainly thefts of staff wallets and purses - though three laptops were also stolen.
16 July 2008 16:42 UK. The police inquiry into the loss of data discs containing the details of 25 million people cost £473,544, the government has revealed. The two discs, containing child benefit records, were lost after being sent by post last year and were never found.
, 15 July 2008 17:54 UK
Warning over phone calls database
A central database holding details of everyone's phone calls and emails could be a "step too far for the British way of life", ministers have been warned.But Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said "lines must be drawn" to defend "fundamental liberties". But Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said "lines must be drawn" to defend "fundamental liberties". The government says the growth of the internet means changes must be made to the way communications are intercepted in order to combat terrorism and crime.
11 July 2008 21:22 UK
Scrutiny call after files found
Calls have been made for all abandoned Scottish hospital buildings to be examined, after private patient data was found at a disused site in Carluke. BBC Scotland revealed that X-rays marked with patients' names, photographs and other paperwork were found at the derelict Law Hospital.
11 July 2008 14:24 UK
Files found in abandoned hospital
Confidential patient information has been left lying in an abandoned hospital in Lanarkshire, BBC Scotland can reveal. X-rays marked with patients' names, photographs and other paperwork were found scattered at Law Hospital in Carluke, which closed in 2001.
8 July 2008 15:45 UK
Surgery loses patient data tape
A tape containing the records of more than 11,000 patients has been lost by a GP practice in Greater Manchester. The magnetic tape contains duplicates of current and old patient details at Whitaker Lane Practice in Prestwich.
4 July 2008 16:58 UK
Health bosses order data amnesty
Health bosses have ordered a data amnesty after an employee lost personal information of 137 patients. Health bosses have ordered a data amnesty after an employee lost personal information of 137 patients. Health bosses have ordered a data amnesty after an employee lost personal information of 137 patients. The letters cover details of patients in the central Edinburgh from 2006.
3 July 2008 16:39 UK
Health worker loses patient data
A health worker with NHS Lothian has admitted losing a memory stick containing the personal information of 137 patients. Copies of letters sent to GPs over two years had been stored on the device. It stressed that the worker had breached regulations prohibiting the storing of NHS information on personal portable computing devices. It stressed that the worker had breached regulations prohibiting the storing of NHS information on personal portable computing devices.
3 July 2008 13:13 UK ID card fingerprint errors fear
Mismatched or unclear fingerprints could hamper the government's £5.6bn ID card scheme, independent experts warn. The Biometric Assurance Group (BAG) says officials may struggle to cope with the number of false matches, which could run into tens of thousands. Everyone applying for a passport from 2010/11 will have to submit to a digital fingerprint scan, with the prints to be stored on a database. They will then have a choice of a passport or ID card which the government says will help them to prove their identity when challenged by the police, border officials or in some commercial transactions such as with banks. Any false matches - which could result in the wrong person being arrested or prevented from entering the country - will be dealt with manually. In its annual report for 2007, published this week, the BAG suggests the government has underestimated how much time and effort this will take. It says dealing with mistakes - called "exceptional handling" - will be a "large part" of the National Identity Scheme's work.
30 June 2008 15:57 UK
Patient files stolen with laptop
A laptop computer containing the personal details of several thousand patients has been stolen from the car of a senior hospital manager. The machine was stolen on 18 June from a car belonging to a Colchester University Hospital manager which had been parked in Edinburgh, Scotland. Details on it taken include patient names, postcodes and treatment plans.
25 June 2008 21:34 UK
TfL card data sharing criticised
The Information Commissioner's Office has criticised Transport for London for "collecting data without a clear purpose" for the children's photocard. From June Transport for London (TfL) made it mandatory for children aged between 11 and 18 to carry an Oyster photocard in order to gain free travel. But some parents have raised concerns given that TfL admits application data will be shared with its subsidiaries. TfL said it needed such information to prevent anti-social behaviour. The company took "the security of personal data extremely seriously", it said. Police regularly use information on the adult Oyster card system to get details about passenger movements. BBC London has learned that in the past year they made at least 3,000 requests for information. Rachel Rolfe, a mother who objects to the practice, said: "I don't think that children need ID cards, once your information is out there you can never get it back. And I think you can't protect it." A spokesperson for the ICO said: "It is not clear whether young people are really being offered a genuinely free choice here. "We have some concerns that the information provided to young people about Zip cards does not clearly state why the personal information is being collected, how it will be used and how long it will be retained.
, 25 June 2008 18:40 UK
No progress finding lost 999 disc
Details of almost 900,000 calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service are still missing, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has told parliament. It emerged earlier this week that a portable data disc had been lost while being transported to Manchester by the courier firm TNT. The disc included the names of some patients, addresses of incidents and phone numbers received in calls to the service over the past two years.
25 June 2008 14:52 UK
Tougher data rules for Whitehall Tougher rules aimed at keeping people's personal records private are to be introduced in government departments.
Sir Gus said: "Although no organisation, public or private, can ever guarantee that it will never make a mistake, I believe the measures we are announcing today will ensure that the public can be assured we are taking the necessary measures to keep people's data secure."
23 June 2008 02:50 UK
Firms 'give out' customer details
Businesses are giving out personal and confidential details about customers to third parties in a bid to boost sales, an internet security firm has claimed. StrongMail said a fifth would give out credit card information and 7% would disclose customers' sexual orientation.
18 June 2008 15:40 UK
Six laptops stolen from hospital
Six laptops containing information about 20,000 patients have been stolen from a south London hospital. Patient information kept on the laptops includes brief medical notes, names, dates of birth and postcodes. The hospital accepts the data should not have been stored on portable computers and has written to every patient to apologise.
17 June 2008 20:45 UK
Blears PC loss - officials blamed
Information on a computer stolen from Communities Secretary Hazel Blears' office had been sent in breach of data security rules, it has emerged. The Communities and Local Government department admitted its officials had "not fully" complied with guidance on handling sensitive data. The computer contained a combination of constituency and government information relating to defence and extremism.
SEPTEMBER 2008: JUSTICE STAFF DETAILS The government confirmed that a portable hard drive holding details of up to 5,000 employees of the justice system was lost in July 2007. The details of employees of the National Offender Management Service in England and Wales, including prison staff, were lost by a private firm, EDS. The details of employees of the National Offender Management Service in England and Wales, including prison staff, were lost by a private firm, EDS.
The details of employees of the National Offender Management Service in England and Wales, including prison staff, were lost by a private firm, EDS. The details of employees of the National Offender Management Service in England and Wales, including prison staff, were lost by a private firm, EDS. It also held personal details of about 10,000 prolific offenders.
JULY 2008: MEMORY STICKS AND LAPTOPS The Ministry of Defence confirmed that 121 computer memory sticks and more than twice as many laptops than previously thought have been lost or stolen in the past four years. Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth gave a written statement to parliament saying 121 USB memory devices had gone astray - five of which contained secret data. And in a parliamentary written answer, Defence Secretary Des Browne said 747 laptops had been stolen - 400 more than originally reported. Of those, 32 have been recovered so far.
JUNE 2008: TERROR DOCUMENTS A senior intelligence officer from the Cabinet Office was suspended after documents were left on the seat of commuter train from London Waterloo. A passenger later handed them to the BBC. The seven-page file, classified as "UK Top Secret", contained a report entitled "Al-Qaeda Vulnerabilities" and an assessment of the state of Iraq's security forces. Cabinet Minister Ed Miliband said there had been a "clear breach" of security rules, which forbid the removal of such documents from government premises. But Mr Miliband said national security did not seem to be "at risk".
PRIL 2008: MCDONALD'S LAPTOP An Army captain's laptop was taken from under his chair as he ate in a McDonald's, near the Ministry of Defence's Whitehall headquarters. The MoD said the data on the laptop was not sensitive, and was fully encrypted. This is the latest MoD laptop theft to be made public and it came after the government tightened the rules on employees taking computers out of work.
JANUARY 2008: MILITARY RECRUITS A laptop computer belonging to a Royal Navy officer was stolen from car in Edgbaston, Birmingham. It contained the personal details of 600,000 people who had expressed an interest in, or applied to join, the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the RAF. It contained data including passport numbers, National Insurance numbers and bank details. Defence Secretary Des Browne later admitted the inquiry into the loss of the Royal Navy officer's laptop uncovered two similar thefts since 2005. At the time, Dr Liam Fox, shadow defence secretary, said 68 MoD laptops had been stolen in 2007, 66 in 2006, 40 in 2005 and 173 in 2004.
DECEMBER 2007: DRIVING TEST CANDIDATES The details of three million candidates for the UK driving theory test went missing in the US. Names, addresses and phone numbers - but no financial information - were among the details stored on a computer hard drive, which belonged to a contractor working for the Driving Standards Agency. The information was sent electronically to contractor Pearson Driving Assessments in Iowa and the hard drive was then sent to another state before being brought back to Iowa, where it went missing.
NOVEMBER 2007: CHILD BENEFIT RECORDS HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) lost two computer discs containing the entire child benefit records, including the personal details of 25 million people - covering 7.25 million families overall. The two discs contained the names, addresses, dates of birth and bank account details of people who received child benefit. They also included National Insurance numbers. They were sent via internal mail from HMRC in Washington, north-east England, to the National Audit Office in London on 18 October, by a junior official, and never arrived. The Metropolitan Police were informed of the loss in November and extensive searches began. In December, a reward of £20,000 was offered for the return of the two discs, but they were never recovered.
14 June 2008 13:09 UK
Police data 'secure' after theft
Avon and Somerset Police said it is confident the force computer network is "very secure" and security around its computer systems is effective. The assurance follows the theft of a laptop computer used by deputy chief constable, Rob Beckley, from a car in London on Wednesday afternoon.
8 June 2008 11:17 UK
ID cards 'could threaten privacy'
The government should limit the data it collects on citizens for its ID card scheme to avoid creating a surveillance society, a group of MPs has warned. The home affairs select committee called for proper safeguards on the plans for compulsory ID cards to stop "function creep" threatening privacy. It wants a guarantee the scheme will not be expanded without MPs' approval.
21 May 2008
CPS criticised over DNA data disc
An inquiry has found "significant shortcomings" in the Crown Prosecution Service's handling of DNA data linked to serious crimes abroad. Dutch police sent a disc, containing 2,159 DNA profiles from crime scenes, to the CPS in January 2007, so it could be checked against the UK's database. His report said the data was unexpectedly sent to the CPS, not the police, by ordinary business post and was not addressed to a particular department or individual. The inquiry found no evidence that the disc had been copied or ever left the building.
20 May 2008 12:08 UK
Confidential health records lost
Confidential health records of more than 38,000 patients have gone missing after a computer back-up tape was lost by a courier firm, an NHS trust said. The Isle of Wight's Sandown Health Centre sent its records to a specialist firm for its software to be checked. But the tape, containing records of patients dating back to July 1996, failed to arrive when it was sent back using courier firm City Link in March.
21 April 2008 00:17 UK
Customer data 'needs protection'
Companies and public bodies are not doing enough to protect customers' data, the UK's privacy watchdog and a major survey of security have said. The Information Commissioner said that the 94 security breaches reported to him last year was an "alarming" number. The survey of more than 1,000 firms suggested that almost 90% of them let staff leave offices with potentially confidential data stored on USB sticks. Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said of the 94 data breaches, two thirds were committed by government or other public sector bodies. Data had been recovered in only three of the 94 cases, he said.
13 April 2008 19:55 UK
Sensitive data 'lost by councils'
Personal data about members of the public has been lost or wrongly revealed by 13 London councils in the last year, a BBC survey has found. Some 23 councils replied to the freedom of information request, with more than half saying data had been lost, stolen or inadvertently disclosed. In one instance, sensitive information about children in care was stolen when a youth worker took files into a bar.
8 April 2008 09:41 UK
Personal data found by developers
Personal details of hundreds of people in Lincolnshire have been found in a council building being redeveloped. The documents which belong to East Lindsey District Council, included names, addresses and credit card details of residents. They were found by developer Richard Borthwick who is working on the Dunes Centre in Mablethorpe.
7 April 2008
HSBC loses customers' data disc
The HSBC banking group has admitted losing a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers. The disc was lost four weeks ago after being sent by courier from the bank's life insurance offices in Southampton. The customers' details included their names, dates of birth, and their levels of insurance cover. "We are looking into it and basically it has got lost from A to B," said an HSBC spokesman. There are no financial details there in terms of banking details. There are no address details or anything like that," he added. As well as name, date of birth and value of the cover, the documents revealed only the customer's policy number and whether or nor the customer was a smoker.
7 April 2008
Probe into data files discovery
An investigation into the discovery of personal data in folders in a skip at an Aberdeen ice rink has been launched. The parents of young ice skaters said they were angry after the folders with names, addresses and dates of birth were found outside the Linx Ice Arena.
23 March 2008
Heathrow fingerprint plan probed. Plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 are being probed by the data protection watchdog.The idea behind the fingerprinting is to make it impossible for a terrorist to arrive at Heathrow on a transit flight, then exchange boarding passes with a colleague in the departure lounge and join a domestic flight to enter the UK without being checked by immigration authorities.
But Deputy Information Commissioner David Smith told the Mail on Sunday: "We want to know why Heathrow needs to fingerprint passengers at all.
14 March 2008
'Lax standards' on data security
The government has persistently failed to take data protection "sufficiently seriously," the Joint Committee on Human Rights has warned.Episodes such as the loss of child benefit discs containing 25m people's details were "symptomatic of lax standards," said MPs and peers. The report said this did not "inspire confidence" in controversial plans for a National Identity Register. The joint committee's report on data protection and human rights notes that it has pointed out its concerns on 18 previous occasions and suggests such lapses may break the Human Rights Act.
12 March 2008. Personal data breaches affecting thousands of people have been uncovered by BBC Scotland's Investigations Unit. The information was revealed through freedom of information requests to NHS boards, councils and police forces. These included lost patient notes, information on sex offenders and compromised payroll data. All the bodies said they took any breach or loss of information very seriously and urged their staff to report even minor incidents.
6 March 2008
300,000 prescriptions lost by NHS
Thousands of prescription forms, carrying the names and addresses of patients, go missing every year as they are transported around the NHS.The government has admitted that almost 300,000 have been lost or stolen in England since 1997. In response to a Parliamentary Question from the Conservatives, Ms Primarolo said that between April 1997 and September last year, a total of 298,100 forms went missing in 220 separate incidents of loss or theft.
5 March 2008
NHS in East publishes data loss The NHS in the East of England has started to publish information on any loss of data as part of its commitment to confidentiality and security. The three cases of missing data include a lost memory stick which mentioned 35 patients and printed information on 43 patients which was thrown in a bin.
21 February 2008,
Call to scrap children's database
The government faces calls to scrap a database containing the details of every child in England after a report said it could never be secure.The report, by accountants Deloitte and Touche, was ordered after last year's missing data discs crisis.
7 February 2008
Murder case notes, a gangster dossier and papers detailing threats to the UK were all found in Greater Manchester after being lost by the authorities. Documents relating to the recent murder of Mohammed Arif Iqbal were found in a city centre pub, while photographs of gang members were found under a bush.
29 January 2008,
A stolen Ministry of Defence computer had the personal details of almost 60,000 Scots stored on it. he revelation came in a written parliamentary answer to SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson MP.The laptop, which was taken from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham on 9 January, contained information about 600,000 people
26 January 2008.
'Double standard' on data safety
Concerns about data security have been raised after it emerged celebrities, Royals and MPs are blocked from submitting income tax returns online. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) admitted "high profile" individuals must submit forms by post because they are judged to require extra protection. But critics said equal treatment should apply to all 3m self-assessment users. Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers' Alliance said: "This is a completely unacceptable double standard."
, 25 January 2008,
M&S staff details left on laptop. Marks and Spencer has been found in breach of data protection rules after the theft of a laptop containing the personal details of 26,000 employees. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the data on the laptop, which was stolen from the home of an M&S contractor, was unencrypted.
January 2008
Courier told to explain lost data
The Government has asked the courier firm TNT for a "full and urgent report" into how documents with personal details ended up in a road in Devon. The papers were found on Thursday by a motorist on a roundabout near Exeter.arl-Heinz Korzenientz picked up hundreds of documents with passport photocopies and benefit claims details. Secretary of State Peter Hain has ordered an immediate inquiry. TNT said it "deeply regretted" the temporary loss of the documents.
18 January 2008,
Lost medical data is kept secretUp to 4,000 patients at Stockport Primary Care Trust (PCT) have not been told their medical details have been lost, it has been revealed. A data memory stick holding patients' names, dates of birth, NHS numbers and GP details has been missing since December, the PCT said. Patients have not been informed as the PCT believes the information cannot be used by identity fraudsters.
17 January 2008, 15:41 GMT 17 January 2008, 15:41 GMT An investigation has been launched after an NHS hospital lost 20 years' worth of payroll data on its staff. Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, south-east London, has informed police about the data, which was lost when a room was cleared for office space. The data, believed to include National Insurance details, relates to staff employed between 1974 and 1996.
10 January 2008, 17:26 GMT Vulnerable children's data stolen Nine laptops containing details of up to 63 vulnerable children have been stolen from a council's office. Thieves broke into Middlesbrough council's teaching and learning centre on Sunday night. The laptops were used by child workers and contained case files on children and their families. The council said the information was password protected with some encryption and did not believe the data included any personal financial information.
, 9 January 2008, 01:36 GMT
Police DNA data review launched. Nearly 40% of black men are on the DNA database he government has launched an inquiry into the way the national police DNA database is used to fight crime.The Human Genetics Commission will oversee the review of the running of the National DNA Database. The "citizen's inquiry" will see members of the public research whether it is right to store the DNA of people not charged or those who are acquitted.
5 January 2008
Teachers 'put pupil data at risk'
Sensitive information on school pupils is being put at risk by staff who take it home with them, an IT firm says.Teachers in nearly half of England's primary schools back up pupil data on CDs and memory sticks, which they then take out of school, research suggests.A survey of 933 schools for school computing firm RM found only 1% of respondents were encrypting the data.
3 January 2008
Tougher data laws needed, say MPs. Reckless or repeated breaches of data security should become a criminal offence, a committee of MPs has said.Currently, government departments cannot be held criminally responsible for data protection breaches. But a report on the "truly shocking" loss of 25m people's personal details by HM Revenue and Customs, the Commons justice committee demands tougher laws.
November 2007 - Revenue and Customs officials lost the personal details of 25 million people
June 2008 - A computer was stolen from the office of Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and files on counter-terrorism were left on a train
January 2008 - The MoD revealed that one of its laptops - containing the details of 600,000 people - was stolen from a car
7 June 2006,
DNA database is shared overseas
Information from the UK's controversial DNA database is being given to foreign law agencies, it has emerged.The Home Office has revealed that other nations have made 519 requests for details from the database since 2004. All of the requests were granted and the Liberal Democrats fear there are not enough checks on the system. It emerged in January that 24,000 under-18s never cautioned, charged or convicted are on the database, which was established in 1995
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