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Rogue Employees Sell World Cup Fans' Passport Data

Posted by timothy on from the penalty-box-with-bars-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Reports are coming in that the Information Commissioner's Office has started investigating FIFA, the world football governing body, over allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans' — including their passport data — were accessed by one or more members of staff and then sold on the black market. It is alleged that the details of more than 35,000 English fans — who visited Germany for the 2006 World Cup — had their passport and allied data sold to ticket touts for marketing purposes."

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  1. Make the punishment fit the crime by humblecoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    When they catch the people who did this, they should be forced to listen to those vuvuzelas at high volume until their ears bleed. That'll teach 'em.

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    1. Re:Make the punishment fit the crime by socsoc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      On a serious note, if it's the second scenario supposed in TFA.... Keeping that sort of personal data for that long without any proper use for it shows either a heavy degree of incompetence or a desire to use it for their own promotions and that they are sour that "rogue" employees beat them to selling the information.

  2. Why would FIFA have this data? by Kevinv · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why would FIFA even have passport data at all? At what point to they collect passport data from attendees? What happens if you refuse to show them your passport?

    1. Re:Why would FIFA have this data? by therblig · · Score: 4, Informative

      I believe it is because there are temporary and lifetime bans handed out to dangerously unruly football fans in Europe. The passport information is to help enforce these bans.

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  3. Re:One more reason just to kill scalpers. by Darkness404 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Um, I really don't see whats so bad about "scalping" tickets. If people are willing to pay more than the listed price, let them. Now, granted, selling personal data is bad, but scalping isn't. Its simply the free market at work, if I've got something I bought at $5, why should I -have- to sell them at that price? If someone wants to spend $10, $20, $50 on them, let them.

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  4. The Guardian covered this last week by jayemcee · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/05/fifa-passports-claims The most interesting bit is that Sepp Blatter's nephew is involved with the company at fault.