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UK: Swale council blames human error for data protection breach

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Dissent

Hayley Robinson reports:

Swale council has been forced to apologise and may face investigation after the email addresses of about 2,500 residents were sent out to the public.

A blunder meant they were inadvertently shared on a message promoting an e-billing system.

The emails were sent out in batches of 10, containing about 250 contact details on each.

Read more on Kent Online.


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