Burglary leads to loss of data about 9,000 children

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Burglary leads to loss of data about 9,000 children
A staff member from Barnet Council lost the data relating to 9,000 
children after unencrypted storage devices were stolen from their home.

By Jennifer Scott, 30 Mar 2010 at 15:41


Barnet Council has admitted losing data on 9,000 children after an 
employee was burgled at home.

The London Borough Council has written to residents affected by the loss, 
namely year 11 pupils who attended any school in Barnet from 2006 to 2009.

The data was lost earlier this month after a member of staff at the 
council took CDs, USB sticks and a computer home, which were then stolen 
by a burglar.

Although the computer was encrypted, the storage devices were not, which 
the council has admitted was a .breach of council policy..

The information on the pupils included names, birth dates, postcodes, and 
education data on the students, as well as their ethnicity.

In some cases it also involved full addresses and telephone numbers.

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