Kia's World

Once again from the BBC:

More than 600 staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been disciplined for accessing personal or sensitive data, it has been revealed.

In a Commons written reply, Treasury Financial Secretary Jane Kennedy said that in many cases the penalty for staff was dismissal.

There were 238 people disciplined in 2005, 180 in 2006, and 192 in 2007.

The secretary was responding to a question from shadow home affairs spokesman James Brokenshire.

Ms Kennedy said the figures showed "the strength of HMRC's disciplinary procedures".

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I personally would say Ms Kennedy is wrong - it does NOT show "the strength of HMRC's disciplinary procedures" - it shows that staff have inappropriate levels of access to the data.