Can I personally sue the child benefit agency for breach of the data protection act?
In what way have they breached the DPA? You need to get your facts right before you sue anyone. Edit to “putonyourflipflops” below: What law have they broken? Come on. Show me. I’ll quote for you as no-one else can: “Individuals may be prosecuted under the Data Protection Act for making an unlawful or unauthorised disclosure,” says Lucy Flynn, solicitor at Lancashire firm Backhouse Jones. “However, the offence is ‘knowingly or recklessly’ disclosing, so there needs to be an element of fault before a successful prosecution can take place.” The transfer of that data from one government agency to another was both lawful and authorised. Did you read that? “knowingly or recklessly disclosing”. Nothing about “lost by private courier”. Get YOUR facts right.
