27-05-12, 18:53
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Snoop, snoop, snoop
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05...months_at_dwp/
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Dole Office staff snooped into private data 992 times in 10 months
And that's just the times they were caught...
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Under the principles of the Data Protection Act (DPA) organisations processing personal data must do so fairly and lawfully. They must take "appropriate technical and organisational measures" to protect against "unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data".
Under section 55 of the DPA a person is generally guilty of an offence if they "knowingly or recklessly ... obtain or disclose personal data or the information contained in personal data, or procure the disclosure to another person of the information contained in personal data" without consent from the 'data controller'.
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Sheesh!
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