GB Cambridgeshire County Council 2015 Technical Error (Q11651)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB Cambridgeshire County Council 2015 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2015
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Elderly care papers held by an agency were found dumped in a bin as part of a shocking series of data breaches by Cambridgeshire County Council, the News can reveal. A report released by anti-surveillance group Big Brother Watch reveals that between April 2011 and April 2014, there were 34 data breaches by Cambridgeshire County Council. This included elderly care papers held by an agency being found in a bin, a child review sent to wrong person, a case review containing excessive personal information published to the public and family assessment information sent to the wrong families. In addition to this, a child file was left unattended and handed to police and a batch of 12 cc letters to a psychologist were sent to the parents of one of the subjects of the letters, rather than to the pr (English)
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