ICO slams council for dumping confidential information in skip

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Wolverhampton City Council signs undertaking after breaching Data Protection Act

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reprimanded a local council that allowed confidential personal information to be disposed of in a skip. Wolverhampton City Council breached the Da...

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