Submitted on Friday 12th August 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Identity Theft Threat
Identity Theft Threat
PLANS to move sensitive Government computer work offshore could leave millions of Britons open to fraud and identity theft.
US giant Hewlett Packard, which has a major contract with the Department for Work and Pensions, wants to shift 200 IT support jobs to India from Newcastle, Sheffield and Lytham St Annes as part of a cost-cutting drive.
If Ministers allow the move to go ahead the details of millions of benefit claimants, including pensioners and those receiving child benefit, with names, addresses and bank accounts could all become available to staff in Bangalore.
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