Personal Data: Her Majesty Revenue & Customs Justification For Selling Them To Third Parties
![Image](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydSozEojvKu9puKbPlJWwL7ZuXU44fZZ96t-euMO3AlvGG-3Wb9qfHkueqj0qChYGkRJWJTj_MgE5fUpyzLI5jqqw0-F60LEgpSzJ12tgZEB2FzjY1MB6v_55xu_unpsLqgFFs6WNIdU/s320/privateb.jpeg)
Her Majesty Revenue & Customs (HMRC) which is the body responsible for Inland Revenue in the UK holds vast amount of people's data including people’s name, date of birth, address, and bank details. The HMRC gathers these data from official birth records of people born in the UK. The government agency also collects personal details from people who have come to live, study or work in the UK or all of the above. This information database helps the HMRC to deal with issues such as benefit payments, tax credits and taxation. In addition to using the data it holds for the purposes above the HMRC is now proposing to sell private data it collects from people to third parties. It is hope that this sale can bring the much needed revenue to the government agency for tackling some of its pressing problems. HMRC promises to put adequate measures in place to ensure that only reputable third parties can purchase people’s sensitive data. Proponents of this proposed deal migh