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| Thousands of driver details lost | |
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| The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Northern Ireland has lost the personal details of 6,000 people. | |
| The data was on two discs and went missing after being sent to the agency's headquarters in Swansea. | The data was on two discs and went missing after being sent to the agency's headquarters in Swansea. |
| The DVA said the data was being provided in response to a safety recall by a number of manufacturers. | |
| The head of the agency said the information was not encrypted. It included details of 7,685 vehicles and more than 6,000 vehicle keepers. | |
| It is the second major blunder involving lost government data in recent weeks. | It is the second major blunder involving lost government data in recent weeks. |
| Last month, two discs containing the personal details of 25 million people were lost after HM Revenue and Customs sent them unregistered and unencrypted. | Last month, two discs containing the personal details of 25 million people were lost after HM Revenue and Customs sent them unregistered and unencrypted. |
| Louise McElheron, one of those affected by the latest incident, said: "We have to provide our details to these government agencies to get child benefit and register cars. | Louise McElheron, one of those affected by the latest incident, said: "We have to provide our details to these government agencies to get child benefit and register cars. |
| "We're trusting that they will treat our data with respect. And really we're victim to lax procedures, careless individuals or at worst dishonesty." | "We're trusting that they will treat our data with respect. And really we're victim to lax procedures, careless individuals or at worst dishonesty." |
| She added: "So it is sad that there's a sense of inevitability about it all." | She added: "So it is sad that there's a sense of inevitability about it all." |