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Mon 11 Nov 2009Concern over abuse of data if homeless services outsourced
A HOMELESS support group has expressed concern that the out-sourcing of services for homeless people in the Dublin area could result in the abuse of personal and confidential information.
Trust, the homeless support group, said the move by Dublin City Council to privatise or outsource these services was a “cynical cost-saving exercise”, which would leave those least able to cope much worse off. The move also had implications for the sharing of sensitive personal information relating to homeless people across private or voluntary organisations, Trust said.
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