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18.07.18
Independent Inquiry into Childhood Sexual Abuse fined £200,000 for email data leak
The Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) has fined the Independent Inquiry into Childhood Sexual Abuse (IICSA) £200,000 following a data leak on 27 February 2018. The leak occurred when a member of staff sent a ’round-robin’ email, but mistakenly used the ‘to’ field instead of the ‘bcc’ field, inadvertently disclosing the email addresses of 90 individuals…
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UEA in student data leak
The University of East Anglia (UEA) has admitted accidentally sending an email containing students’ highly sensitive personal information to 298 American Studies undergraduates. The email in question attached a spreadsheet which contained “extenuating circumstances” justifying extensions for work and other academic concessions. These are understood to include details of illnesses, bereavements and other personal matters….
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Breach of privacy: The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse discloses victims' identities in email error
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (‘IICSA’) has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) after accidentally disclosing the identities of 90 victims of sexual abuse who had signed up via its website. The website allowed victims to submit information to IICSA on a confidential basis. Unfortunately, the IICSA sent each victim a ’round robin’ email which…
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