From an editorial in Ham&High in the UK:
Personal details of 9,000 school pupils in Barnet have been stolen from the home of a council employee, bosses have announced.
In breach of the council’s policy the employee took home 20 unauthorised and unencrypted CDs and memory sticks full of the children’s details including names, dates of birth, addresses, free school meals eligibility and school attainment records.
Two weeks ago burglars broke in and stole the employee’s laptop, which was encrypted and cannot be used, together with the discs.
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The data relates to children who were at a Barnet school in Year 11 over the past three years, aged between 15 and 18.
Read more in Ham&High.