Ministry of Justice rapped by ICO for old fashioned data leak

We step back into the analogue world for this tale of woe that involves bags and bags of sensitive data being left unsealed in an “unsecured” area of a prison. The financial penalty for doing so? A slap on the wrist for Britain’s Ministry of Justice. The Information Commissioner’s Office, Britain’s data watchdog, says staff …

[VoiceOfTruth]

Tut tut

Not a good show, Smithers. More tea? I heard you're in line for a gong.

[eionmac]

Sometimes rules go wrong with unintended consequences. The 'clear out old paperwork' that destroyed the landing cards of legal Caribbean immigrants and caused some 'deportations of supposedly illegal immigrants', was a notorious problem with great human consequences for some humans.