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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: discowoman on November 20, 2007, 16:10:16

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: discowoman on November 20, 2007, 16:10:16

Proves how good the government is(nt)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20071120/tuk-sky-sources-7-5m-peoples-details-mis-45dbed5.html

 :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on November 20, 2007, 16:12:46

Oh they are so good, aren't they :roll:

Never loose anything to our advantage do they?

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on November 20, 2007, 16:21:56

Hmm, just happened to get lost in the Post eh? :?

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: Drift on November 20, 2007, 16:30:01

A funny cd came hrough my letter box the other day  :?

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Waits for MI5 to raid house  :shock:

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: Yoshi on November 20, 2007, 17:00:13

its 15 million peoples bank details now apparently.

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: bilge rat on November 20, 2007, 17:02:38

fancy sending something that important through the post ?.good data protection eh..

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: carbore on November 20, 2007, 17:18:13

The irony about this kind of issue is that athough we love a "heads will roll" appraoch, I dont expect that the "government" made a policy decision to do a half assed job. It was just some average person in a job who put a CD in the post instead of the secure post. Even the much used "systematic failure" expression does not always add up. I have and do work with the "government" and they are just normal people in jobs not civil servants like something off yes minister.

The hysteria around any government "mistake" makes us shout "something must be done" every time, governments no one ever then wants to make a decision and everything is massively burocratic and litigious with targets and monitoring comities to make sure it never happens again, but it will because sooner or later there is someone who can put the wrong thing in the wrong box, press the wrong button or put the wrong letter in the wrong envelope.

I really wonder if its wroth getting so upset about.

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: mike142sl on November 20, 2007, 18:53:18

Something can be done - don't forget the Gov't in their wisdom cut 25k jobs in this Dept and have done so in others as well. Add to that the contracting out of services once done by 'in house' teams and this is the cost of saving money on paper. Not long ago an in house team of messengers would have delivered that CD from door to door but not these days. All so some senir civil servant can get a tick in the box and a nice bonus thank you very much.

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: bilge rat on November 20, 2007, 19:44:33

, but it will because sooner or later there is someone who can put the wrong thing in the wrong box, press the wrong button or put the wrong letter in the wrong envelope.

I really wonder if its wroth getting so upset about.[/quote]

i know what you mean but im still paying for a council mess up they did 2 years ago, by someone pressing the wrong no. and beleive me the mess i was left in was worth getting up set about. i know there normal people but iff i made a mistake like that id have been fired on the spot, but hey modern world. .....

Title: So can we sue the Government?
Post by: Yoshi on November 20, 2007, 22:07:00

Well they are saying now that the disks contained the details of every single person who is on child benefit.  Thats 25 million peoples details.

This has happened on the 18th of October!!