Data breach by historical society (Monetary penalties) [2016] UKICO 2016-58 (11 November 2016)

Date
11 November 2016
Type
Monetary penalties

The ICO has fined a historical society after a laptop containing sensitive personal data was stolen whilst a member of staff was working away from the office. The laptop, which wasn't encrypted, contained the details of people who had donated artefacts to the society. An ICO investigation found the organisation had no policies or procedures around homeworking, encryption and mobile devices which resulted in a breach of data protection law.