Loss of 26, 000 housing records highlights poor state of UK data protection

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/08/05/247528/Loss-of-26000-housing-records-highlights-poor-state-of-UK-data.htm

The loss of a memory stick containing the personal details of over
26,000 tenants of two London housing associations shows many UK
organisations still have poor operating policies, say experts.

A contractor left an unencrypted memory stick with details of over
20,000 tenants of Lewisham Homes and 6,200 tenants of Wandle Housing
Association in a pub.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which found two London
housing bodies in breach of the Data Protection Act, said the memory
stick was given to the police and safely retrieved at a later date.
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