Not reported by US Media (Reg. British government loses data in mail on 25 million citizens)

British government loses data in mail on 25 million citizens

Mark Rice-Oxley
Christian Science Monitor
Nov. 22, 2007 12:00 AM

LONDON - British trust in the way government stores and secures vital personal information was sorely tested Wednesday after it emerged that sensitive data on about 25 million Britons (almost half the population) was lost in the mail in an unprecedented security blunder.

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Reported by AP (source for FOX News)
Disks With Data on 25M Britons Missing

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer

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The disks contained details on 7.25 million families in Britain claiming child benefit _ a tax-free monthly payment available to everyone with children. (No details)

The following was reported by BBC, on its web site ...

CHILD BENEFIT

Available to the parents, normally mother, of every child in UK under 16

Older children in full-time education still eligible

Taken up by almost 100%

It amounts to £18.10 a week for a first-born child

For subsequent children - it amounts to £12.10 a week

(http://news.bbc.co.uk)