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UK: “Human error” blamed for personal data breaches at Sheffield Council

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Dissent

Lucy Ashton reports:

The council is required to note, assess and deal with any information security or personal data breaches and logged 231 incidents during 2019/20.

Of these, 92 were personal data breaches. The majority involved customers and were caused by human error with emails or post being delivered to the wrong person.

Read more on The Star.

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