BBC NEWS | UK | Tax staff breach data security

[James Firth]

> > 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.'

I wonder whether Civil Servants have had training in their use of language
when talking about how they use private data...

Simon Watkins: "The purpose of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA is not to inhibit
legitimate business practice particularly in the telecommunications sector"