Following from todays news that it is "common practice among civil servants to use their privileges to check up on the financial status of friends, family and acquaintances." Can we trust Revenue and Social Welfare with our personal details?
Really? The online Form 11 for example requires much less input of personal data than the corresponding form did 10 years ago.They all want more and more details on our lives.
Look at Dolores 'Euromillions' - her files were reportedly accessed by over 100 civil servants when she won the lottery.
Perhaps some of the 100 accessed the file in the course of their normal work?However even though over 100 looked at a file, that is only 1.5% of the workforce in Revenue (circa 6,600). ALso they looked, that doesn't mean that they all went out the door talking about it. Still it was 100 too many.
Perhaps some of the 100 accessed the file in the course of their normal work?
-- including a high ranking Assistant Principal Officer --
Following from todays news that it is "common practice among civil servants to use their privileges to check up on the financial status of friends, family and acquaintances." Can we trust Revenue and Social Welfare with our personal details? They all want more and more details on out lives.
Can you suggest any alternative? Do you expect them to have instant access to your file when you phone up with a query?
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