Brexit: Home Office sorry for EU citizen data breach

 In Data Breach, Data Controller, data privacy, Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, databreach, DPC, email, European law, GDPR, privacy, Security, UK

 

[text_block id=”a6c71fbd1b23d1871f9e62c0d013f56c” content=”‹¨›p‹˜›Via: The BBC ‹¨›span class‹´›‹²›byline__name‹²›‹˜›By Ross Hawkins‹¨›br /‹˜›‹¨›/span‹˜›‹¨›span class‹´›‹²›byline__title‹²›‹˜›Political correspondent‹¨›/span‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p class‹´›‹²›story-body__introduction‹²›‹˜›The Home Office has apologised to hundreds of EU citizens seeking settled status in the UK after accidentally sharing their details.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›It blamed an ‹²›administrative error‹²› for sending an email that revealed 240 personal email addresses – a likely breach of the Data Protection Act.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The department may now have to make an apology in Parliament.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›In a statement to BBC Radio 4‹³›s Today programme, it said it had since improved its systems and procedures.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›One recipient of the email told Today that she was outraged and was considering returning to Germany.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The Home Office sent the email on Sunday 7 April asking applicants, who had already struggled with technical problems, to resubmit their information.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›But it failed to use the ‹²›blind CC‹²› box on the email, revealing the details of other applicants.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47888214‹²› target‹´›‹²›_blank‹²› rel‹´›‹²›noopener‹²›‹˜›Continue Reading on the BBC website.‹¨›/a‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›#DataBreach, #email, #Brexit, #DPC, #Privacy‹¨›/p‹˜›” paragraph_whitespace=”true” text_size=”” line_height=”” text_color=”” margin=”0px 0px 15px 0px” class=”” _fw_coder=”aggressive” __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”80dc36e200949b5b4909f88dad375c04″][/text_block]
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