In article <e51sm3hh5r8cfvpmf9qncvsum8bfr86gsc@4ax.com>, hayesmstw@hotmail.com says... > TV news is reporting that for the third time in as many months important data > about British citizens have gone missing from government departments. > > It's all getting a bit much -- haven't British civil servants ever heard of > backups? > I think you'll find that the data hasn't been 'lost' as such, just a copy or backup of the original data. UK media doesn't seem to care about the subtle distinction. I think, that if the fuzz went to some low-grade civil servant's house, they'd find the disks being used as a coaster! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg.