UPDATED: Data thefts and losses in the UK - Timeline

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17 December 2007: Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly tells parliament that details including names and addresses of three million learner test drivers were stolen from the DVLA. This was due to a hard disk being stolen from a US data storage facility in Iowa.

23 December 2007: Nine NHS trusts admit losing the personal details of patients. The breaches are thought to involve the loss of more than 160,000 names and addresses of children.

9 January 2008: A laptop containing the details of 600,000 military personnel is stolen from a car in Birmingham. These details contain passport, national insurance and driver's licence numbers as well as the bank details of 3,500 people. Details do not emerge until 19 January.

14 January 2008: Two laptops containing the unencrypted details of 389 local patients are stolen from a hospital in Brent.

23 January 2008: Ministry of Justice confirms that four CDs containing personal details of witnesses and victims have gone missing.

6 February 2008: NHS IT group admits that around 4000 smartcards, used to access NHS computer systems, have gone missing. Not all were misplaced, with at least 142 stolen.

22 February 2008: Skipton Financial Services are found responsible by the ICO of breaching the Data Protection Act by losing an unencrypted laptop containing the details of 14,000 customers.

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