Rejected petition Identity Theft Threat

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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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Date submitted 12 August 2011
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