{"id":3957,"date":"2019-09-03T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T10:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2019-09-03T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T10:33:03","slug":"west-berkshire-council-data-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/west-berkshire-council-data-leak","title":{"rendered":"West Berkshire Council data leak"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been news of a West Berkshire Council data leak that appears to be another incident of accidental disclosure by email.<\/p>\n

According to Newbury News<\/strong><\/a>, an investigation into the data breach has been launched, with one person who was a victim of the incident said to be \u201cshocked\u201d at what has happened.<\/p>\n

A huge number of the individual cases that we take forward are for council data breach compensation claims<\/strong><\/a>. They can be worryingly common, and the impact for victims can be severe given that local government authorities often hold a great deal of personal and sensitive information about a lot of people.<\/p>\n

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About the West Berkshire Council data leak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The West Berkshire Council data leak incident is understood to be another case of an email being sent to recipients where the personal information of recipients was visible to all the other recipients.<\/p>\n

Approximately 30 people are said to have received the email.<\/p>\n

This kind of indecent usually occurs when an email is sent to multiple recipients without using the \u201cBCC\u201d function. It\u2019s understood that at least one person replied to the chain as well.<\/p>\n

The contents of the email related to an assisted housing bid.<\/p>\n

Reaction to the West Berkshire Council data leak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In response to the West Berkshire Council data leak incident, a council spokesperson said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe housing service escalated the issue to the council\u2019s data protection officer as soon as it was discovered, as per the council\u2019s policy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident will be the subject of internal investigation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time this kind of data leak has happened. In fact, it can be incredibly common, even though the nature of this type of breach is easily avoidable. There are plenty of platforms that can be used for sending emails to multiple people without having to risk a data leak by doing it manually.<\/p>\n

These leaks can be severe<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Incidents like the West Berkshire leak can be severe for the victims. Although in this case it appears that the damage was minimal, when an email like this is sent and includes personal and sensitive information, the impact for the victims can be substantial.<\/p>\n

You only need to look at the infamous 56 Dean Street Clinic leak which we\u2019re fighting for justice in<\/strong><\/a> as one of the primary examples of just how bad these leaks can be.<\/p>\n

Data leak compensation amounts<\/strong><\/a> reflect the severity of the impact for the victims. With councils and local authorities holding so much information about so many people, it only takes one little avoidable mistake to trigger a serious data breach incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There has been news of a West Berkshire Council data leak that appears to be another incident of accidental disclosure by email. According to Newbury News, an investigation into the data breach has been launched, with one person who was a victim of the incident said to be \u201cshocked\u201d at what has happened. 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