GB Midlothian Council Jun 2011 Technical Error (Q13181)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB Midlothian Council Jun 2011 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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June 2011
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A SCOTTISH council has been fined 140,000 after repeatedly releasing sensitive information about vulnerable children and carers to the wrong people. Midlothian Council was guilty of five data protection breaches in as many months last year. In the final incident, on 6 June, a letter about the status of a foster carer was mistakenly added to child protection conference papers and sent to seven professionals who were due to attend that meeting, but who had no right to information about the foster carer. (English)
