'The government may allow contractor IBM's offshore staff to access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) data on all the UK's drivers, it has been revealed.

Under the plans, staff in India will have access to information including registration plate numbers, addresses and credit card details, according to The Observer. The DVLA insisted, however, that the data on millions of UK drivers would remain in the UK.'

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Indian Call Centres Selling YOUR Credit Card Details and Medical Records for Just 2p

'Confidential personal data on hundreds of thousands of Britons is being touted by corrupt Indian call centre workers, an undercover investigation has discovered. Credit card information, medical and financial records are being offered for sale to criminals and marketing firms for as little as 2p.

Two ‘consultants’, claiming to be IT workers at several call centres, met undercover reporters from The Sunday Times and boasted of having 45 different sets of personal information on nearly 500,000 Britons.'

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