UK: Confidential documents found by Worthing Town Hall bins

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http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4562577.Confidential_documents_found_by_Worthing_Town_Hall_bins/

 Confidential council papers containing residents’ bank details and
addresses have been found dumped outside a town hall.

The documents also include information about an investigation into
flytipping, a bill to a letting agents for cockroach extermination and
a document relating to a fraud interview.

Former Worthing councillor Mark O'Keeffe, who found the papers behind
Worthing Town Hall, claimed the disposal of the information was a
“clear breach” of the Data Protection Act.

Mr O'Keeffe said: “Leaving people's personal details on the street is appalling.

“There are bank details, a note of a fraud interview. I would be
horrified if it was my information.

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