A search through the Smart Thinking archives will return many examples of organisations – often councils – accidentally publish or email sensitive information. Here is another:
Lewisham Council published residents’ details on website – BBC News
In this case the information was on the website for 11 months before the breach of the Data Protection was spotted.
Your takeaway
Your policies and procedures must ensure this type of error is not made by your team or any third party you have working for you.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
Data Protection Act 2018 | ICO
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