http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/23 ... hs_at_dwp/ Dole Office staff snooped into private data 992 times in 10 monthsAnd that's just the times they were caught...
By Out-Law.com
Posted in Government, 23rd May 2012 07:27 GMT
Staff at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were disciplined a total of 992 times for unlawfully or inappropriately accessing individuals' social security records between April 2011 and January this year.
The figures were obtained following a freedom of information (FOI) request to DWP by Channel 4's Dispatches programme.
Last week Dispatches reported on the 'blagging' of personal data by private detectives and reported on the number of data offences recorded by DWP.
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