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By Kevin PeacheyPersonal finance reporter HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to gain explicit consent from individuals before signing them up to the voice ID system for telephone enquiries. Campaigners accused HMRC of creating "biometric ID cards by the back door". The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said there had been a "significant" breach of data laws. "Innovative digital services help make our lives easier but it must not be at the expense of people's fundamental right to privacy," said Steve Wood, deputy commissioner at the ICO. Now the BBC has learned that the tax authority's system will continue despite the deletions. Sir Jon Thompson, HMRC chief executive, said: "I am satisfied that HMRC should continue to use voice ID." "It is popular with our customers, is a more secure way of protecting customer data, and enables us to get callers through to an adviser faster," he said in a letter to HMRC's data protection officer. How does the system work? In a bid to speed up the much-criticised HMRC helpline, people were invited to use the voice recognition system, rather than the normal security checks. The scheme, launched in 2017, asks callers to repeat the phrase "my voice is my password" to register. Once this task is complete, they can use the phrase to confirm their identity when managing their taxes. HMRC passes the voice through an algorithm to instantly confirm their ID. Similar projects have been launched by banks and other providers, although they have not always been entirely successful, as this BBC investigation found. What went wrong? Privacy campaigner Big Brother Watch complained about the audio signatures system, claiming users were "railroaded" into using it as they were not given the choice to opt out. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force across the European Union in May last year, requires organisations to obtain explicit consent before they use biometric data to identify someone, including voice recordings. HMRC has been told by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that it was not adhering to the data protection rules. In effect, it had automatically pushed people into the system without explicit consent. The commissioner is issuing the first enforcement notice of its kind to HMRC, under GDPR rules, to ensure the data is deleted. As a result, no fine will be levied. What happens now? The tax authority changed the way it sought permission for voice ID in October. Some 1.5 million people have called HMRC since then, and said they wanted to continue using the service. Their records have been retained. But HMRC has started to delete the voice records of the remaining five million who enrolled into the system before October and who have not called or used the service since. It said the records would be deleted "well before" the Information Commissioner's deadline of 5 June. Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "This is a massive success for Big Brother Watch, restoring data rights for millions of ordinary people around the country. "To our knowledge, this is the biggest ever deletion of biometric IDs from a state-held database. This sets a vital precedent for biometrics collection and the database state, showing that campaigners and the ICO have real teeth and no government department is above the law." Mr Wood, deputy commissioner at the ICO, said: "We welcome HMRC's prompt action to begin deleting personal data that it obtained unlawfully. Our investigation exposed a significant breach of data protection law. HMRC appears to have given little or no consideration to it with regard to its voice ID service."
The voice records of five million taxpayers are being deleted by the UK's tax authority, as the way they were collected broke privacy rules.

By Divya AryaBBC News, Delhi Less than 50 miles from India's capital Delhi, in a village called Kurmaali the women walk out to the fields twice a day - at the crack of dawn and the onset of dusk. The fields are the only toilet most of them have ever known. Only 30 of the 300 homes in the village have their own private facilities, and none have drainage. They walk out together, in groups, for safety. It takes about 15 minutes. Then they separate and space out for a little privacy. Kailash, aged 38, wakes her three daughters up at 04:00 every morning. Each takes a bottle of water, and they set off. "We always go in groups. I would never let my girls go on their own," Kailash says. Her youngest daughter, 18-year-old Sonu, adds: "We go straight to the toilet and back. Never deviate. Never go alone. And if we see a boy, we shout at him." It is important to tread carefully. Once the crops are cut and the fields are bare the whole ground space is open for anyone to use. It's literally like an open toilet. During sowing and harvesting, the fields are out of bounds. Then one has to walk for another 15 minutes, to an uncultivated area. The exercise that normally takes 45 minutes to an hour stretches to an hour and 15 minutes, or more. Darkness gives the women cover, and a degree of privacy, which is very important to them, but it in some ways it makes them more vulnerable. They are keen to get the process over as quickly as possible. The unspoken rule is that the men go to the toilet only at dawn, but boys sometimes break this rule, in order to harass or molest members of the opposite sex. The women tell stories of catcalling, and groping - though will never admit that has happened to them, only to others. Sonu's advice, if a boy appears? "Always be aggressive." Her elder sister Seema says she would not shy from giving the boys a slap if they dared touch her sisters. The group tells a story about one woman from the village who foolishly went to the fields alone, and suddenly found herself illuminated by the lights of a passing lorry. The lorry stopped, and the driver got out. The woman was forced to run for safety. The mother of one of the girls found hanged in Uttar Pradesh confided to me that she always accompanied her daughter to the fields but this one time she had let them go alone - a decision she said she'd always regret. No toilet paper is ever used in the village, only water, though after returning from the fields, the women usually have a proper wash with soap. Then there is a long wait until the next trip to the open-air toilet after darkness falls in the evening, some 14 or 15 hours later. The women have no choice but to contain any desire to urinate or defecate, if necessary for hours on end. But last year Sonu fell sick with an upset stomach. "She needed a toilet urgently, so, I filled water in a bottle and took her to the fields during daytime," says Kailash. "I stayed with her for three hours. I spread a sheet under a tree, so she could rest every few minutes, we had to stay till she felt that she wouldn't need to go to the toilet anymore." They don't like to talk about it, but the women of Kurmaali eventually admit that in cases of emergency, children or elderly people may use a kind of toilet pan inside the house. It's hard for them to disinfect it though, so after a few days it begins to smell and has to be thrown away. They make clear how disgusting they find this topic. In fact, many think of open-air toilets as the natural way of defecation. Seema, Kailash's eldest daughter, spent a few years at a boarding school, which had an enclosed private toilet. She quickly became accustomed to it, but nonetheless regards this kind of toilet as a necessity born out of modern living. "Our school and hostel were in big buildings, there were no fields around them, so they had to build toilets," she says. At the only school in Kurmaali itself, for some 300 day pupils, I found two toilets but they were clearly not in use. One had no door, the other was full of bricks and other rubbish. When I asked one of the school governors why this was, he questioned why anyone would need a toilet. The school was right next to the fields, he pointed out. This infuriated the women accompanying me. The boys might be able to use the fields in daylight, they pointed out, but not the girls. Deadly cost Most of the men in the village work as daily labourers, or drivers. A few work in the fields. One of the few that has a private toilet is Santraj, a mason, who lives next door to Kailash. He built it eight years ago, at a cost of 10,000 rupees (£100), double the village's average monthly wage. The toilet sits on top of two 10ft-deep pits, which drain in such a way, he says, that there is no foul smell. The pits will need to be emptied one day, but should last 10 years. But why have Santraj and a few others got a toilet when the vast majority of the villagers have not? He says it's because he has only four children, while most families have at least half a dozen to support. Also, he points out, the lack of a toilet doesn't usually bother men. "Men can go anywhere, any time," he says. "It is only the women who need protection and cover." Even in the cities, it is common to see men in India urinating in public against a wall. In Kurmaali it is interesting to note how the families spend their limited incomes. The streets are dotted with motorbikes and the occasional car, luxury items mostly acquired as part of a dowry. Kailash's dowry did not include a motorbike, but her husband has purchased a television set and a satellite dish - even though the electricity comes on for four hours every day at most. He could probably have afforded a toilet, with the help of a government grant available for this purpose. But while Kailash's husband treats his wife well, doesn't drink alcohol or abuse her physically, a toilet was not his priority. "Toilets are not so important for men," Kailash says. "And I can't throw a tantrum about this, women don't do that here." Divya Arya reported from Kurmaali for the Fifth Floor, on the BBC World Service. Catch up on the BBC iPlayer or download the podcast. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.
The danger faced by women going to the toilet outdoors in rural India was made clear last month when two girls were ambushed, gang-raped and hanged from a tree. But defecation outside is normal for most Indian villagers - so how do they manage?

Pop star Dua Lipa and Panic! at the Disco will also perform, alongside BBC Music Sound of 2018 winner Sigrid. The first wave of 54 acts was announced on Tuesday morning, with more to be named in the coming weeks and months. The festivals, now in their 47th year, will take place between 24-26 August. Among the other performers named were Wolf Alice, Courteeners and The Wombats, as well as London-based rapper Skepta. Kings of Leon will be headlining the festival for the second time, having first topped the bill at the festivals in 2009. Five-time Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar will also return, three years after headlining the venues. Event organiser Melvin Benn commented: "Kings of Leon and Fall Out Boy are bands that have grown with the festival and its fans and we couldn't be more pleased to invite them back to headline. "Adding Panic! at the Disco and Kendrick Lamar, probably the most sought-after act in the world right now, we think Reading and Leeds Festivals 2018 are off to an amazing start". The festivals, based at Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds, are set to announce hundreds of acts before this summer.

Kings of Leon, Fall Out Boy and Kendrick Lamar have been announced as the headliners of the 2018 Reading and Leeds festival.

