Here we go again! Another laptop containing mortgage details has been stolen from an Halifax employees car. With so much current focus on identity theft, you would think that the companies that hold our data would pay better attention to taking care of their customers personal details.
It seems strange to me that after the Nationwide was fined nearly £1million by the FSA after one of their laptops containing personal data had been stolen, you would have thought that other companies would be paying more attention.
Clearly, the level of fines are not high enough to deter this happening again and clearly, the people charged with looking after this type of data have a cavalier approach to data protection.
This is not an IT issue, it’s about a lack management and fundamental flaws in procedures and responsibilities within the Halifax, perhaps the Chief Executive will be able to explain why his managers aren’t doing their job or perhaps which one was fired for this major mistake! No I don’t have anything to do with the Halifax, I’m just amazed that this sort of thing can still happen.
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