[LINK] ATO loses CD with private details

[Brendan Scott]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> ATO loses CD with private details
> Mahesh Sharma
> October 30, 2008
> The Australian
> http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24575839-15306,00.html
> 
> THE Australian Taxation Office has lost a disk containing the tax 
> details of thousands of people.

So they really should be protected against "identity theft" rather than "government incompetence".

B