[Dataloss] wales driver license information sent to wrong people
Henry Brown
hbrown at knology.net
Sun Dec 9 22:27:38 UTC 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7132278.stm
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) broke data protection
rules when confidential documents were sent to the wrong motorists, it
has been claimed. The agency sent 1,215 questionnaires, including dates
of birth and motoring offence records, and about 100 went to the wrong
addresses. The National ID Theft Assistance Centre said the DVLA had
breached the Data Protection Act 1998. The DVLA said "human error" had
led to the "isolated incident".
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