London council reprimanded after exposing sensitive data
'Children in council care'
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said the council's response to the FoI was uploaded to its own online disclosure log and provided to the website What Do They Know? (WDTK), which the request was made through.WDTK published the response on its own site in December 2021.The breach was not identified until WDTK completed a review of its website, after which it informed the council. The information was taken down from both sites.According to the ICO, a total of 6,528 people were affected, 2,342 of whom were children.While the adult data set included council employees, former employees and agency staff, the personal information belonging to children was described as sensitive in nature and related to the placement of looked-after children in the council's care. The ICO said children's personal data is considered "deserving of specific protection" and in this case, of particular concern was the personal data belonging to 96 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.There is no evidence the data was inappropriately accessed, processed or shared.The ICO noted a number of remedial steps taken by the council, including that redaction and disclosure guidance has been updated and training completed with the relevant team.
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