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Privacy concerns raised by data losses

The government will struggle to convince the public that it can be trusted to keep their data safe in light of recent high-profile incidents of data losses, some of which could have been prevented by online security measures such as encryption.

According to Liberty, also known as the National Council for Civil Liberties, such incidents have made the public weary of online privacy after the issue was thrown into the spotlight by the losses.

"The government's got a lot of work to do … in terms of safeguarding people's information because the data losses we are seeing are really bringing this into the mainstream," said Isabella Sankey, the organisation's director of policy.

"People are increasingly concerned about privacy in this country and it's something that has really shot up in the agenda with all the high-profile data losses."

Her statement comes in the wake of reports that new rules have been created obligating internet service providers to keep details of every email sent for at least a year.

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