GB Herts Police Oct 2014 Technical Error (Q13840)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB Herts Police Oct 2014 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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October 2014
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An investigation has been launched into recent embarrassing data breaches following confessions by the police and the health chiefs who run St Albans hospital. Confidential data from anti-social behaviour cases appeared on the Herts Police local priorities pages on the Home Office website (police.uk), following a technical computer error by an external service provider. This breach resulted in 61 cases - including two from St Albans - where individuals names and addresses appeared on the website for five days. Superintendent Andrew McCracken, head of crime reduction, said the police very much regret the data breach, which was discovered by an officer on October 9. He added: Fortunately the pages were accessed by very few people and we are confident that any risk to people whose informatio (English)
