Last week the Big Brother Watch (BBW) published a report whose findings were based on a Freedom of Information request sent to every council in the country covering the loss of personal information by council employees between August 2008 and August 2011.
“Despite having access to increasing amounts of data and being responsible for even more services, local authorities are simply not able to say our personal information is safe with them.” Nick Pickles, BBW’s Director.
A report published yesterday by the Big Brother Watch, based upon the Freedom of Information requests sent to every council in the country, found that Buckinghamshire County Council had the most number of breaches, a staggering 72 over a space of two years.
London councils, who are responsible for over 100 cases of data breach, including the loss of information of children in care. 18 of the capitals 33 councils admitted 113 cases of data loss, including the theft of more than 60 computers, and the loss of at least 3 USB sticks containing information of children in social services.
MP’s last month called for courts to have the power to jail those breaching the Data Protection Data
“The fact that only a tiny fraction of staff have been dismissed brings into question how seriously managers take protecting the privacy of their service users and residents.”
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