The Stupid Data Protection Act

Today I got a Tax credits form and they wanted to know how much I had earned in the last financial year. I phoned up working tax credits yet they could not tell me the amount due to Data Protection Act. How stupid is this when I can give them my National Insurance number and password I created?

The Data Protection Act also makes it impossible for DHSS staff to see if people have applied for jobs – some people I know just write down job numbers off the Direct Gov web site yet never apply for any jobs.

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