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Chapter DMBM510210

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Vincent
Published date29 April 2016
Record NumberDMBM510210
CourtHM Revenue & Customs
The Information Disclosure Guide (IDG) states that:

‘’The Act that established HMRC made provision for the conduct of staff in relation to confidentiality.

Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (CRCA) makes it clear that you must not give (‘disclose’) HMRC information to anyone, unless you have lawful authority to do so. This includes other government departments and their agencies, local authorities, the police or any other public bodies’’. For more information, see DMBM513180.

HMRC

All new staff must sign a declaration of confidentiality upon entering the department, as stipulated in section 3 CRCA. This is provided in the Induction HR guidance. A copy can also be found in the Information Disclosure Guide.

HMRC handles and holds a lot of confidential information and we have a duty to protect that information

During your work for HMRC you will handle a great deal of that personal and confidential information about your customers. You are under a very strict legal duty to maintain the confidentiality of this information. If you breach this...

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