Cumbrian cops accidentally publish all of its officers' details online
Cumbria Constabulary inadvertently published the names and salaries of all its officers and staff online earlier this year, making it the second UK force in a fortnight to admit disclosing personal information about its employees.
In this incident, the Cumbrian police admitted the names, salaries and allowances for all officers and staff were published to its website. It is understood to have occurred in the spring, and human error is being blamed for the unwitting disclosure.:"Cumbria Constabulary became aware of a data breach on Monday 6th March 2023 where information about the pay and allowances of every police officer and police staff roles as at 31st March 2022 was uploaded to the Constabulary's website, which was a human error." The data also included names and positions of staff, but did not contain information about the locations where the posts were deployed or personal details such as address or date of birth, the statement said. According to the force, the information was removed as soon as its inadvertent publication had been identified, but it did not say how long it had been online before the error was discovered. Cumbria Constabulary said it immediately contacted all affected staff about the mistake, explained to them the impact of this disclosure was low and outlined the measures it had put in place to manage the leak and to prevent it happening again. The incident was referred to the Information Commissioner's Office , the force told us. It claims the ICO determined that no further action was necessary, beyond giving some advice and recommendations. The ICO was satisfied with the actions the Constabulary had taken and the robust steps which were put in place to prevent any further data breaches. The ICO confirmed this to us:"Cumbria Constabulary made us aware of an incident in March 2023. The information provided was carefully assessed and the organization provided details about the steps taken in response to the incident. We provided data protection advice and concluded that no further action was necessary. We assess reported incidents on a case-by-case basis and any action is based on the specific facts and circumstances."
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