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wales driver license information sent to wrong people
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:27:38 -0600
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7132278.stm The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) broke data protection rules when confidential documents were sent to the wrong motorists, it has been claimed. The agency sent 1,215 questionnaires, including dates of birth and motoring offence records, and about 100 went to the wrong addresses. The National ID Theft Assistance Centre said the DVLA had breached the Data Protection Act 1998. The DVLA said "human error" had led to the "isolated incident". (...) _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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