GB Leeds City Council Jul 2011 Technical Error (Q10449)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB Leeds City Council Jul 2011 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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July 2011
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News release: 17 December 2012 There is an underlying problem with data protection in local government Information Commissioner The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has criticised local governments attitude towards protecting personal data, after four local councils were issued civil monetary penalties. Leeds City Council was served a monetary penalty of 95,000, Plymouth City Council 60,000 and Devon County Council 90,000 after separate incidents saw details of child care cases sent to the wrong recipients, while the London Borough of Lewisham was issued a penalty of 70,000 after social work papers were left on a train. The penalties mean that nineteen local councils have now received monetary penalties for breaching the Data Protection Act, totalling 1,885,000. Leeds City Council T (English)
