HMRC mails wrong private info to 50,000 taxpayers

[Jon Turner <jjturner () gmail com>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/27/hmrc_loses_more_records/

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs apologised today for sending out private
information to 50,000 tax credit recipients.

One taxpayer who contacted *The Register* said: "We received our tax credit
notice with our National Insurance details but on the back were two
strangers' work, childcare and pay details."
  
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He then received a note from the Revenue which blamed a print supplier for
wrongly preparing the notices.

The letter, signed by Paul Gerrard, director of tax credits, said: "I wish
to apologise for this error and any inconvenience that it might cause ... I
would be very grateful if you could return the incorrect notice in the
envelope provided." The note included a stamped addressed envelope.

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