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Police staff member suspended over security breach in maternity care investigation

Nottinghamshire Police said information was allegedly changed or deleted from its systems

The Independent UK

Watchdog urged to probe ‘dangerous shambles’ of Afghan relocation data breaches

A freedom of information request by the BBC revealed there have been 49 data breaches in the past four years.

Evening Standard

Government ‘admits 49 Afghan data breaches in four years’

Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Evening Standard

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Teachers’ Pensions used to check if I was alive. Now it seems to assume I’m dead

I have to answer their letters to confirm my continued existence. This time the letter didn’t arrive – and my pension has stopped

The Guardian - UK

UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers

Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years

The Guardian - UK

Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District

The Guardian - UK

Westminster honeytrap victims named in email after Met Police data blunder

Force apologises after victims’ email addresses reportedly viewable to eachother in message

The Independent UK

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Met Police apologises for email naming alleged Westminster honeytrap victims

Police launched a probe earlier this year after it was reported that a number of men with links to Westminster had received unsolicited messages.

The Independent UK

Met Police apologises for sharing names of alleged Westminster 'honeytrap' victims in email

Unsolicited messages sent to a number of men with links to Westminster are being investigated by police

Evening Standard

‘They are ruining my life’: how the shadowy world of debt collection can wreck your finances

A stranger’s bill can be passed, in your name, down a chain of companies until it reaches the courts without you knowing anything about it. The result can be catastrophic

The Guardian - UK

UK Government apologises for sharing email address of one of world’s richest men

THE UK Government has apologised after accidentally sharing the email address of one of the world’s richest men in the run-up to a major global…

The National (Scotland)

Government apologises for accidentally leaking email address of one of world’s richest men

Department for Business and Trade has referred itself to the data protection watchdog over ‘human error’

The Independent UK

Tory party refers itself to watchdog over alleged data breach

Party reportedly copied in more than 300 email addresses in appeal to supporters to sign up for conference

The Guardian - UK

Home Office immigration database errors hit more than 76,000 people

Names, photos and immigration status being mixed up, preventing people applying for jobs and housing

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Junk mail: how one click can lead to a deluge

When piles of unsolicited mail and catalogues thud through the letterbox, ask yourself: how do they get your details and how can you stop it?

The Independent UK

Police believe lost body-worn video footage has been deleted, not hacked

South Yorkshire Police are ‘deeply sorry’ after camera footage gathered over nearly three years was lost in the latest police data incident.

The Independent UK

South Yorkshire Police admits losing three years’ worth of officer body cam footage

Police force says around 69 cases have been affected by the loss of footage

The Independent UK

Force ‘deeply sorry’ after body-worn footage lost in latest police data concern

South Yorkshire Police said footage in about 69 cases, spanning a period of nearly three years, has been lost from its systems.

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The Guardian - UK

Thousands of adopted children’s names revealed on Scottish website

Genealogy site Scotland’s People made available records of adoptions dating back 100 years, raising fears for breaches of privacy

The Independent UK

NI Chief Constable cuts short family holiday to answer questions on data breach

Simon Byrne will appear before a meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in Belfast on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Complaints to Sadiq Khan’s Met police watchdog on public view in ‘data breach’

Personal details of 400 members of the public were left on display in what City Hall described as a ‘data breach’, not a ‘data leak’

Evening Standard

Leytonstone School forced to close after IT system hacked in ‘devastating’ cyber attack

School in Waltham Forest has been closed since half term after it was targeted in a ‘critical incident’

The Independent UK

MPs call for probe into Chinese genetics company over pregnancy test data

Politicians have shared concerns after BGI Group, China’s leading genomics company, was blacklisted by the US government.

Daily Record

Man forced to survive on benefits after applying for 100 jobs lands dream role as barrister

Taz Aldeek, 29, constantly had job applications rejected despite him holding three degrees - including a masters.

Daily Mirror

Man on benefits after being rejected from 100 jobs finally lands dream role as barrister

Taz Aldeek, 29, saw his applications regularly get knocked back despite having three degrees - including a master's - and eventually had to apply to Universal Credit just to survive

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