{"id":4341,"date":"2020-04-15T13:21:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:21:27","slug":"portsmouth-city-council-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/portsmouth-city-council-data-breach","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth City Council data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has reportedly been a potentially serious Portsmouth City Council data breach involving a stolen laptop that contained the data for adults and children.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s understood that the device was taken in November and may have contained information relating to family matters as well as health data and school information. In the wrong hands, this kind of data could be used for malicious purposes.<\/p>\n

Council data breach compensation claims<\/strong><\/a> are one of the more common types of individual legal cases that we take forward. When data is exposed or stolen in such a way, the council could receive a fine and the victims can be entitled to make a claim for compensation too<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Council data breaches are common<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Council data breach claims<\/strong><\/a> can be common, and we take on a lot of these types of cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Local authorities and the agencies that work for them store and process significant amounts of data for millions of people across the UK. This is one of the reasons that breaches can be common, and it can also come down to funding constraints in the public sector too. In some cases, cybersecurity and data protection just isn\u2019t being taken seriously enough, and only after a breach is proper action taken.<\/p>\n

Following the Portsmouth City Council data breach, it\u2019s understood that the authority has now implemented additional security measures. Whilst we don\u2019t know the full details as to what this entails, we do question why such measures were not in place prior to the data theft.<\/p>\n

Personal and sensitive information<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although only limited information about the specifics of this Portsmouth City Council data breach have been confirmed, we already know about the wealth of personal and sensitive information that councils store and process in general.<\/p>\n

It can cover the whole range when it comes to types of information, such as:<\/p>\n