The privatised utilities are sitting on an information goldmine.Sharon Smith reports on the ever-tougher fight to stop them misusing theircustomer databases.
The UK'S army of self-employed workers doubtless shuddered at the recent news that the Inland Revenue and National Insurance computers are to be allowed to look at each other's data - checking work...
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