ICO fines Aberdeen City Council after home-worker published sensitive child data

Danny Palmer
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Information about vulnerable children accidentally published and remained online for months

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Aberdeen City Council £100,000 after a data breach resulted in an employee publishing data about vulnerable children online while working from ...

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