The BNP and double standards over data leaks

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

“Now two MORE discs containing personal data go missing at bungling Ministry of Mayhem,” screamed the headline of one national newspaper, following the HMRC missing disc fiasco.  The discs could “could put people at risk of ID fraud” the paper rightly moaned.

Today’s headline in that very same paper: “A doctor, a musician and a man of God… leaked list reveals unlikely members of the BNP.” It goes on to reveal the names, ages and professions of those on the list, giving even the most amateur Googler a surefire way to find one of the many copies now circulating online. A list that contains the names, addresses and telephone numbers of children, who are guilty of nothing more than having a mum or dad who signed for the BNP.  

The name of the paper involved? I’ll let you Google it and find out.