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UK: Welsh councils broke data protection laws 60 times

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Dissent

Alun Jones reports:

Local authorities in Wales broke data protection laws over 60 times in 2012, BBC Wales has learned.

In one case a worker allowed their partner to access and amend personal data.

There were also several cases of posting personal data on websites, and an e-mail which accidentally disclosed sensitive details of 24 dead people.

Read the breakdown of the breaches by council on BBC. None of these will likely strike you as hugely significant breaches, but what strikes me is would we even know if – or how often – our local governments had such breaches? Do our towns even keep track?


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