{"id":2888,"date":"2018-04-04T10:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:24:45","slug":"wigan-council-centre-alarming-number-data-protection-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/wigan-council-centre-alarming-number-data-protection-breaches","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Council at centre of alarming number of data protection breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to data gleaned from a Freedom of Information request, as reported by <em>Wigan Today<\/em>, there have been a concerning number of data breaches involving Wigan Council where information of a confidential, sensitive, or protected nature has been accessed or disclosed &#8220;in an unauthorised fashion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Councils and private companies who local authority agencies outsource work to are high on the list when it comes to data protection breaches, and we advise and represent a large number of people <a href=\"\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">claiming for data protection compensation<\/a> as a result of a council data breach.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this news does not come as a surprise to us.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nInternal reviews have reportedly classed the state of data security at Wigan Council as &#8220;high risk&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Although the council notes that the Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office (ICO) has been satisfied with the outcomes of reports and investigations, this does not detract from the <strong>fact that Wigan Council are said to have suffered 80 data breaches in the last two years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Several reasons for the data issues have been identified, from simple data loss caused by administrative errors, to information being sent to the wrong address; both of which are very serious indeed.<\/p>\n<h2>Training, inadequate protocols and outdated IT systems are often to blame<\/h2>\n<p>One reason for the often high volume of data protection breaches suffered in the public sector &#8211; including councils and outsourced local authority agencies &#8211; comes down to a lack of training for staff, inadequate or missing protocols and procedures for safeguarding data, and outdated IT systems. If staff don&#8217;t know how to properly manage data to ensure its secure, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/council-data-protection-cybersecurity-quality-postcode-lottery\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">malicious hackers often targeting outdated IT systems that can be more vulnerable to attack<\/a>, a lack of training and inadequate IT are open doors to data protection breaches.<\/p>\n<p>Neither are hard to resolve &#8211; training should be mandatory for all organisations, and spending money on updated IT systems can save you in the long-run from having to deal with what can end up being the very expensive fallout of a data protection breach. Councils must do more to <strong>ensure the data they hold is safe<\/strong>, especially because the data they do look after is often very personal and can be very sensitive indeed.<\/p>\n<p>As we often say, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/ico-publishes-useful-gdpr-guide\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">new GDPR coming into force next month<\/a>, it really will be a case of shape-up or pay up; and paying up could amount to millions of pounds in fines and penalties alone.<\/p>\n<h3>Can you claim data protection compensation for a council data breach?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, you can. Of course, all cases are assessed on a case-by-case basis, but we regularly advise and represent council data breach victims, and <a href=\"\/no-win-no-fee\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">we offer No Win, No Fee services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the type of data that councils hold often being very sensitive and private, a data breach caused by a council or a local authority agency can be very severe for the victims.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to suffer in silence&#8230; For free and confidential advice, please call the team on <a href=\"tel:08006347575\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">0800 634 75 75<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to data gleaned from a Freedom of Information request, as reported by Wigan Today, there have been a concerning number of data breaches involving Wigan Council where information of a confidential, sensitive, or protected nature has been accessed or disclosed &#8220;in an unauthorised fashion&#8221;. Councils and private companies who local authority agencies outsource work &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/wigan-council-centre-alarming-number-data-protection-breaches\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wigan Council at centre of alarming number of data protection breaches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,53],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-2888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-claims","category-data","tag-council-data-breaches"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wigan Council At Centre Of Alarming Number Of Data Protection Breaches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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