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Breach of Data Protection-DWP

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  • Back in 2005, the Job Centre actually sent out a whole load of documents (can't remember what they were - whatever they send you when you make a claim for JSA), containing my name, NI number, d.o.b. etc to a completely random address that I'd never even lived at. Now THAT's a massive breach of data protection.

    That was before everybody was so paranoid that there was somebody lurking in the shadows 24/7, waiting to intercept every personal bit of information to clone their identity, so I didn't bother making a complaint. Wish I had done now, I could have probably got a fair bit of compo out of it.
    A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Started 15/03/2011.
    CC1 -
    [STRIKE]6380[/STRIKE] 5800 CC2 - [STRIKE]2673[/STRIKE] 2238 Loan - [STRIKE]12172[/STRIKE] 10731 Total - [STRIKE]21225[/STRIKE] 18769 11.5% (£2456) paid :T

  • real1314 wrote: »
    A single member of the 60 million population rings brenda at the dwp, and brenda can give them the details from just a name!

    She might not be too hot on DPA but her memory skills are bloody incredible.

    Perhaps people should take a step back and think about how credible this tale is?

    well spotted.
    You can't beat an egg.........................NO WAIT!
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