This post was published 4 years 2 months 29 days ago. Therefore, it may well be out of date. Do not reply on the contents of this post being accurate. Confidential data lost by the Revenue – Daily Telegraph, November 9, 2007.
HM Revenue & Customs has lost thousands of people’s confidential data on a computer disc that went missing on its way to Standard Life’s pensions department.
Names, National Insurance Contribution (NIC) numbers, dates of birth and pension policy details are included on the disc.
An HMRC spokesman said: “There was a thorough search for the item, which went missing at the end of September, but it has not been found. We have a duty of care to let people know what has happened and so we are writing to tell them.”
A spokesman for Standard Life said: “A number of discs – it may have been between 20 and 30 – left HMRC in Newcastle for various insurers but the courier delivered to everybody else except us. It could be that our disc was delivered to some other company and somebody just chucked it in the bin. There has been no evidence of any fraudulent activity.”