Councils misused & lost citizens’ data thousands of times – privacy watchdog

Privacy rights campaigners are demanding that UK council staff face prosecution after an investigation revealed government employees stole, lost or inappropriately accessed citizens’ sensitive material over 4,000 times. A study by Big Brother Watch, published on Tuesday, revealed councils recorded 4,236 data breaches over a three-year period from April 2011 to April 2014 — a … Continue reading Councils misused & lost citizens’ data thousands of times – privacy watchdog