People in the U.K. may wish to make excuses for councils having breaches – e.g., “It’s just a few retired folks who mean well,” but I am fed up with the breaches of sensitive information that councils are responsible for.
Consider this report today from the BBC:
Hundreds of sensitive documents have been found in an unlocked London estate storage unit, the BBC has learned.
Child protection and rent arrears documents – showing names, addresses, and confidential information – were found on the Gauden Estate, Clapham.
Campaigners say the find could include files missing from a historical sexual abuse investigation, which they believe was “covered up”.
Lambeth Council has moved the files to a “secure location” for review.
The Shirley Oaks Survivors Association say the discovery could include 140 boxes of council documents that have gone missing, related to abuse suffered at the Shirley Oaks Childrens’ Home.
Read more on BBC.
Keep in mind that the abuse allegedly occurred during the 1970’s and1980’s so the victims are likely still alive and identifiable. There is also litigation that arose from the sexual abuse case that any such files might impact.