When HM Revenue and Customs "lost" 25 million child benefit records in the post, did you think, "that could have been me"?
Data protection has always been a critical consideration, but the government's recent travails has raised its profile even more and made it increasingly a boardroom issue.
How has your data protection regime changed following the government scandals?
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