Left in a pub: thousands of Londoners' personal details

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Unencrypted memory stick handed in to police but ICO opts not to fine

Personal details of thousands of London residents were found in a pub after a contractor for two London housing bodies left behind an unencrypted memory stick. It contained details of more than ...

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