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| Personal data found on roundabout | Personal data found on roundabout |
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| Hundreds of documents containing sensitive personal data have been dumped on a roundabout in Devon. | Hundreds of documents containing sensitive personal data have been dumped on a roundabout in Devon. |
| Details of benefit claims, passport photocopies and mortgage payments were included in the confidential data. | Details of benefit claims, passport photocopies and mortgage payments were included in the confidential data. |
| The documents were found on Thursday at a roundabout near Exeter Airport by Karl-Heinz Korzenietz, from Dawlish. | |
| Mr Korzenietz said he found similar documents two months ago. The Department of Work and Pensions said it was urgently looking into the matter. | Mr Korzenietz said he found similar documents two months ago. The Department of Work and Pensions said it was urgently looking into the matter. |
| I was shocked and surprised that sensitive papers like this would be lost like that Karl-Heinz Korzenietz | |
| "When I came from Exeter Airport, I discovered lots of papers on the roundabout," Mr Korzenietz told BBC News. | "When I came from Exeter Airport, I discovered lots of papers on the roundabout," Mr Korzenietz told BBC News. |
| "I thought first of all it was rubbish. But when I looked at the papers I discovered they were highly sensitive. | "I thought first of all it was rubbish. But when I looked at the papers I discovered they were highly sensitive. |
| "I was shocked and surprised that sensitive papers like this would just be lost like that." | "I was shocked and surprised that sensitive papers like this would just be lost like that." |
| When Mr Korzenietz found the first documents on 6 November 2007, he took them to the Royal Mail depot in Exeter. | When Mr Korzenietz found the first documents on 6 November 2007, he took them to the Royal Mail depot in Exeter. |
| He said Royal Mail contacted him two weeks later to say the material had been returned to TNT. | He said Royal Mail contacted him two weeks later to say the material had been returned to TNT. |
| 'No missing data' | 'No missing data' |
| But TNT said it is not aware of any missing data. | But TNT said it is not aware of any missing data. |
| Spokesman Nick Murray said in a statement: "Investigations are continuing, but at this moment in time we have absolutely no record of any missing or lost data from this location. | Spokesman Nick Murray said in a statement: "Investigations are continuing, but at this moment in time we have absolutely no record of any missing or lost data from this location. |
| "We would like to point out that we are not the only provider of services for the government." | "We would like to point out that we are not the only provider of services for the government." |
| Mr Korzenietz has contacted Devon and Cornwall Police, who will collect the confidential material. | Mr Korzenietz has contacted Devon and Cornwall Police, who will collect the confidential material. |
| Conservative MP Chris Grayling said: "You would have thought after the child benefits fiasco every department would have doubled and trebled their efforts. | |
| "The fact that this hasn't happened is incompetence of the highest degree." | "The fact that this hasn't happened is incompetence of the highest degree." |