HMRC under fire for multiple serious personal data mishaps

guest · Dec 8, 2020

HMRC under fire for multiple serious personal data mishaps
December 8, 2020
https://www.itproportal.com/news/hmrc-under-fire-for-multiple-serious-personal-data-mishaps/

The UK taxation body, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs department (HMRC), has reported 11 “serious” personal data incidents to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in 2020.

According to litigation practice Griffin Law, the incidents affected a total of 23,173 people and further investigation is warranted.
The biggest incident by volume occurred in May this year, when National Insurance number letters belonging to 16-year-olds went out with incorrect details. A total of 18,864 members of the public were affected by this slip-up, it was said.
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Commenting on the report, HMRC claimed it is doing all it can to protect its data and that it’s constantly learning and improving.

But Donal Blaney, Principle at Griffin Law, believes taxpayers have a right to expect their sensitive personal data to kept secure, and called for the ICO to “immediately investigate HMRC” for these breaches and hold the taxman to account for this “breathtaking incompetence”.
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