[Boiler]

"Eighty majority, fuck you, what you gonna do about it? Eh? EH?"

Joking aside, there's a member of another forum who'll defend her by saying "she didn't delete it, it was the civil servants". He has a real hatred of civil servants, it's never a Tory's fault but ALWAYS the fault of the civil servants. See also: FSM.

[Bones McCoy]

Wasn't her fault about Excel data limits.

You know whose fault they are: (((Bill Gates))) - that's who

[Watchman]

I wonder who the subjects of such missing data actually are

[Kreuzberger]

I wonder who the subjects of such missing data actually are

According to the wireless this morning, most, if not all are suspects who were released without charge but, in many cases, had been fully documented including having their DNA swabs recorded.

[The Red Arrow]

Or 'hardened criminals' as Patel would have it if the balls-up had occurred on someone else's watch. .

[Watchman]

I wonder who the subjects of such missing data actually are

According to the wireless this morning, most, if not all are suspects who were released without charge but, in many cases, had been fully documented including having their DNA swabs recorded.

Thanks Mr K, I can remove my tinfoil hat now

[Oblomov]

Oops.

Priti Patel under fire as 150,000 police records accidentally lost

Fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records deleted and visa system thrown into disarray

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... tally-lost

See also
What the loss of records from the Police National Computer means
The kind of data that was accidentally deleted and what it could have been used for

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... uter-means

Do they not keep backups of this stuff?

[davidjay]

I wonder who the subjects of such missing data actually are

According to the wireless this morning, most, if not all are suspects who were released without charge but, in many cases, had been fully documented including having their DNA swabs recorded.

That concerns me much more than her latest fuck-up.

[Bones McCoy]

Oops.

Priti Patel under fire as 150,000 police records accidentally lost

Fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records deleted and visa system thrown into disarray

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... tally-lost

See also
What the loss of records from the Police National Computer means
The kind of data that was accidentally deleted and what it could have been used for

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... uter-means

Do they not keep backups of this stuff?

I once worked for a company that bid for government contracts.
One successful bit involved some "Law" stuff.

Same company had managed to reduce project costs by not implementing the "Backups" element of its infra.
I mean, what are the odds of anybody finding out?

[Bones McCoy]

I wonder who the subjects of such missing data actually are

There must be easier ways to remove Penfold's details from the records.

[The Red Arrow]

Funny you should say that. One is reminded of a certain former PM who 'lost' a rather large peado dossier.

[Watchman]

Looks like I can get my tinfoil out again

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Hanlon's Dictum applies.

[Bones McCoy]

Looks like I can get my tinfoil out again

Tinfoil is FUN!!

Seriously; it is worth contemplating our levels of trust.
The statement "All small stuff - not-guilty types whose would have been erased anyway" may be true.
Then again it may not.

Offered a choice between a soothing popular message, or truth, which would our government choose?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Patel doesn't seem to have commented on the data loss yet. Absolutely pathetic. From the party of personal responsibility.