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UK: Over 600 HMRC staff disciplined for data infractions
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:06:17 +0000 (UTC)
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39408914,00.htm HM Revenue & Customs has had to discipline over 600 staff since 2005 over data-protection incidents, according to Treasury financial secretary Jane Kennedy. Kennedy revealed on Wednesday in a written answer to parliamentary questions that 238 staff were disciplined at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in 2005, dropping to 180 in 2006 and 192 in 2007. The figures were revealed in answer to a written parliamentary question by Conservative MP James Brokenshire. "HMRC has a strict policy forbidding staff to access customer records, unless they have a legitimate business need," she said. "Breaches of this policy are taken seriously and any breach will result in the commencement of disciplinary proceedings. Each case is treated on its merits but, in many cases, the disciplinary penalty for breach is dismissal." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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