I used to work for HMRC . After a few days training tens of us at a time were let loose on customer data . We were warned not to abuse our power and look up famous people earnings , addresses , etc . and that , if we did , we ' d be disciplined or fired . The first thing most people did was look up their favourite actoractress , pop singer , etc . Never any consequences . We used standard PCs with functional USB ports . I could have walked off with hoards of personal data fuck off GCHQ I didn ' t . Data leaks either via systems misuse or hacking are inevitable . If you ' re a UK citizen you should immediately start using a VPN . Check out www . privacytools . io for advice on which . I ' m currently using NordVPN but may switch to BlackVPN .