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Surrey in dock after data loss

Surrey CC has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for serious and repeated breaches of the Data Protection Act.

Surrey CC has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for serious and repeated breaches of the Data Protection Act.

In the gravest lapse, a member of staff working in adult social care e-mailed a file containing sensitive personal information relating to the physical and mental health and welfare of 241 vulnerable individuals to the wrong group address list.

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