BBC NEWS | UK | Tax staff breach data security

[David Hansen]

On 1 May 2008 at 10:25, Ian Batten wrote:

> My attempt to find this out with an FoI request foundered (``not  
> centrally recorded''), but the question has now been answered.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7376586.stm

'Ms Kennedy said HMRC has a "strict policy forbidding staff to access 
customer records unless they have a legitimate business need.'

So, it is now a business. Fascinating.




-- 
  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
 I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents 
me   
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54