Further to the previous posting about the process of obtaining an Indian Visa, (Life’s Irritations…. passim), and the consequent identity fraud risk, I’ve now had a response from my Member of Parliament. I had asked my MP to take the matter up with the appropriate minister, and I was surprised therefore to receive a response, [...]
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Indian Visas – a not entirely satisfactory response.
Posted in Identity Fraud, National Security, Politics, tagged Home Secretary, Identity Fraud, India, Malloch Brown, visa on November 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Great Data Disaster of 2007
Posted in Economics & Finance, Identity Fraud, Life, tagged advertising, government, Identity Fraud, pin on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
All over the UK millions are in the process of changing their pins & passwords. Now, every time they go to the ATM and struggle to remember their new number they’ll be reminded of the reason they had to change it. Advertisers spend millions to achieve product identification like that.
The Great Data Disaster, the gift [...]
Confidential documents go missing part II.
Posted in Identity Fraud, Politics, tagged Alastair Darling, bank records., database, HMRC, Identity Fraud, Northern Rock on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Latest update 16:00 GMT Tuesday 20 November. Now we learn following a Commons statement from the Chancellor Alastair Darling, that it’s actually 25 million records, but more importantly, and in addition, 7 million individual bank account and building society records. This is surely about as bad as it could get for Alastair Darling, following his less [...]
Confidential documents go missing.
Posted in Identity Fraud, Politics, tagged child benefits, database, HMRC, Identity Fraud on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So only today do we learn, nine or ten days later than ministers were told, that HM Revenue and Customs have lost 15 million confidential child benefit records. See BBC web site.
No doubt more of this latest debacle will emerge in the coming days. Let us hope that this latest episode will help to [...]
Visas for India: UK National security and identity fraud potential.
Posted in Identity Fraud, National Security, Politics, tagged , Home Office, Identity Fraud, India, Jacqui Smith, Malloch Brown, passport, security, terrorism, visa on November 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I recently had need to apply for a visa to to visit India and was suprised to find that the Indian High Commission in London have dispensed with their postal application system, and require applicants to contact their appointed agents around the UK. These agents seem to be mainly travel agents, mostly Indian it appears, [...]
