Manchester Council's unencrypted laptop loss broke data protection law, says regulator

Manchester City Council broke the Data Protection Act when it failed to encrypt laptop computers containing data on nearly two thousand workers. The local authority has promised to ensure all mobile computers are encrypted.Two laptops were stolen from Manchester's Town Hall. The machines were unencrypted and carried the personal details of 1,754 school workers, privacy regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.Sir Howard Bernstein, the Council's...