{"id":3643,"date":"2019-03-19T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2019-03-19T14:06:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:06:17","slug":"worrying-nuneaton-and-bedworth-council-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/worrying-nuneaton-and-bedworth-council-data-breach","title":{"rendered":"Worrying Nuneaton and Bedworth Council data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a prosecution for a worrying Nuneaton and Bedworth Council data breach that\u2019s an example of how employees can exploit the data they can access.<\/p>\n

In this incident, former head of building control at the council, Kevin Bunsell, shared personal information about job applications with his partner. His partner had applied for the same job that the candidates whose data was shared had applied for, and she won the position.<\/p>\n

Although we can only speculate as to the motives, we can assume that the reasons for sharing the data were to assist his partner in securing the position which she was eventually awarded.<\/p>\n

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How the Nuneaton and Bedworth Council data breach happened<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This Nuneaton and Bedworth Council data breach incident took place in the summer of 2017. Mr Bunsell\u2019s partner had applied for an administrative role at the council.<\/p>\n

Due to the personal relationship involved, Bunsell wasn\u2019t involved in the selection process. However, he reportedly accessed the council\u2019s recruitment system and emailed the information about the rival candidates to his own work address and to his partner\u2019s Hotmail account.<\/p>\n

The information he shared was for nine rival candidates who had been shortlisted, and the data included their:<\/p>\n