Comments on: Irish Times Blogger says it better than we can… A Trainwreck Compendium http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2007/12/04/irish-times-blogger-says-it-better-than-we-can-trainwreck-compendium/ A Website Dedicated to Information/Data Quality Disasters from Around the World Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daragh O Brien http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2007/12/04/irish-times-blogger-says-it-better-than-we-can-trainwreck-compendium/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Daragh O Brien Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:09:02 +0000 http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2007/12/04/irish-times-blogger-says-it-better-than-we-can-trainwreck-compendium/#comment-36 Graham - at least it shows they understand recursion.... "To apologise about the screw up you must first apologise about the screw up". Graham – at least it shows they understand recursion….

“To apologise about the screw up you must first apologise about the screw up”.

]]> By: grahamrhind http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2007/12/04/irish-times-blogger-says-it-better-than-we-can-trainwreck-compendium/comment-page-1/#comment-33 grahamrhind Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:42:19 +0000 http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2007/12/04/irish-times-blogger-says-it-better-than-we-can-trainwreck-compendium/#comment-33 What made me chuckle about this particular disaster was that, following the loss of the CD-ROMs, a letter was sent out to all those in the database, in the name of the chairman of HMRC, Paul Hartnett, apologising for the loss of their national insurance and child benefit details, which could be used by identity fraudsters. This letter was then followed by the advice that the apology letter needed to be disposed of carefully, as it contained, yes, the person's national insurance and child benefit details, which could be used by identity fraudsters. Magnificent! What made me chuckle about this particular disaster was that, following the loss of the CD-ROMs, a letter was sent out to all those in the database, in the name of the chairman of HMRC, Paul Hartnett, apologising for the loss of their national insurance and child benefit details, which could be used by identity fraudsters.

This letter was then followed by the advice that the apology letter needed to be disposed of carefully, as it contained, yes, the person’s national insurance and child benefit details, which could be used by identity fraudsters.

Magnificent!

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