BARELY a day passes, it seems, without a new headline appearing about how our personal information has been lost from yet another database. This month, the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, revealed that the number of reported data breaches in the UK has soared to 277 since HMRC lost 25 million child benefit records nearly a year ago. "Information can be a toxic liability," he commented.
Such data losses are bad news on many fronts. Not just for us, when it's our personal information that is lost or misplaced, but because it also undermines trust in modern technology (Jerry Fishenden reporting for the Scotsman).
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In terms of pre-employment screening firms need to understand the security pitfalls when they transmit personal data across the internet. Such data has to traced both in terms of the form of transmisssion but also in terms of the security at the recipient's site. Applicants who are asked to fill out forms on line have to question the security of the website prior to disclosing their personal information. Using encrypted emails or password protected PDFs is a more secure way to transmit this type of information.
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I think that it is very difficult to safeguard personal data and I doubt that even the government knows of a full proof way to do it. I avoid offering any details on line, such as date of birth. It can be a recipe for disaster.
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