UPDATED: Some 130 medical staff have signed a letter calling for a police probe into internet security breaches concerning junior doctors' personal details. Some bloggers have identified the operators of the Doctors recruitment website MTAS as part of the Jobsite operation, which was acquired in 2004 by Associated New Media, a division of Associated Newspapers Ltd, the publishers of the Daily Mail. Jobsite was unavailable overnight and this morning (update: came back up at 0815 with a page providing its history, including this: 2003: Won contract to provide a national online recruitment service over the next 5 years for the National Health Service - the nation's biggest employer..Have the Government been harvesting information about all jobseekers from this site?.   more »

About 26,000 staff at Marks and Spencer risk being the victims of identity theft after a laptop was stolen containing their personal details. The laptop was stolen from a printing company and contained the employees’ names, salary details, addresses, national insurance numbers, dates of birth and phone numbers.   more »

A computer previously owned by Southend Borough Council containing case notes on vulnerable children has been purchased on eBay for £1.70. The case notes in around 1,000 files covered children across Essex and detailed fostering and adoption histories. Some files also contained details of sexual abuse.   more »

The problem of data loss and accidental disclosure is being fuelled by a rise in the number of laptops stolen in the UK, silicon.com can reveal. In recent months organisations such as the Nationwide building society, the Metropolitan Police, Worcestershire County Council and Serco are among those left exposed as a result of laptop thefts - and the problem is only getting worse.   more »