Daniel Emery reports:
BT has admitted it sent the personal details of more than 500 customers as an unsecured document to legal firm ACS:Law, following a court order.
The news could put BT in breach of the Data Protection Act, which requires firms to keep customers’ data secure at all times.
The e-mails emerged following a security lapse at ACS:Law.
A BT official admitted “unencrypted” personal data was sent, adding it “would not happen again”.
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