Posts Tagged Ken Macdonald
Rubbish causes a breach of the Data Protection Act and a £250,000 fine
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 11/09/2012
Scottish Borders Council employed an outside company to digitise their employee records but when the pension records of several hundred ex-employees were found in recycling bins the Information Commission’s Office began an investigation for a breach of the Data Protection Act. Following the investigation the Information Commissioner has fined the Council £250,000 for not seeking appropriate guarantees on […]
E*Trade Securities Ltd falls foul of the ICO after losing customer records
Posted by brianfpennington in Uncategorized on 03/02/2012
In April 2010 E*Trade Securities Ltd discovered that 608 customer records were lost at a UK based storage facility and despite an investigate were unable to recover the records. E*Trade Securities Ltd did not have a formal agreement to store the customer information securely and subsequently informed Information Commissioner’s office in December 2010. E*Trade Securities Ltd […]
Council fined £140,000 for five serious data breaches
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 30/01/2012
The five serious data breaches – all involving children’s social service reports being sent to the wrong recipients – happened at Midlothian Council and occurred between January and June 2011. One breach concerned papers concerned with the status of a foster carer being sent to 7 healthcare professionals who had no need to see them Another case […]
QC has unencrypted laptop stolen and is sanctioned by the ICO
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 16/11/2011
The Information Commissioner’s Office has reported on the case of a Scottish Advocate having an unencrypted laptop stolen. The laptop was stolen from the home of Ruth Crawford QC in 2009 when she was away on holiday. It contained personal data relating to a number of individuals involved in eight court cases the advocate had been working on. This […]
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