Royal Mail sale postal code data subject to criticism

As part of the privatisation, resident postcode address of public data is also selling, recently, it has been criticized as a "mistake".
The British House of Commons Public Management Committee said, including 1800000 postal code of the postcode address file (PAF) belongs to the state assets, part should not be used as the privatization is sold, so short-term benefit future may hinder economic growth.
The British government spokesman said, postcode address file be sold because it is an integral part of the Royal Mail Business, not for the purpose of raising the sale price. At present, these data are still open to small enterprises.
The Royal Mail said, postcode address file plays an important role in the economic development, the company at reasonable prices to its wide availability.
There is the Royal Mail hundreds of years of history was once one of Britain's largest state-owned enterprises, in October last year for private listed enterprises reform.
MYEX Minya Express International
2014-03-21