ICO Lambasts British Council After Data Loss

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) now seems to be taking a tougher line on mishandling of data, with the watchdog initiating an enforcement action against the British Council after the latter lost a CD containing trade union membership list.  The disc was misplaced in January by the courier company TNT and originally claimed to have bank and insurance info; moreover, when the data loss was first announced the disc was said to be...