O2 warns customers about possible personal data loss

Danny Palmer
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Back-up tape misplaced by partner IBM over a year ago

O2 and IT partner IBM have revealed a back-up tape potentially containing customers' personal data has been lost, more than a year after it went missing in Ireland. The telecoms provider says IB...

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