New Year Honours: Publication of addresses a 'complete disaster'
Sir Iain told the Sunday Times:"Ministers need to be asking some very serious questions of those involved about how this was allowed to happen and why no final checks were carried out before the document was published."
"Obviously mistakes can be made and I know it is dangerous people's addresses getting out but, you know, I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose. Sir Bob said those who handled the honours were"very good and effective" during his time but insisted his successor Sir Mark Sedwill"shouldn't in my view think about resigning".There is no doubt that this is a serious data breach and the government, of all organisations, should be better acquainted with the law on disclosing sensitive personal information.
Lawyers who specialise in data protection think the ICO will see this as a less serious case of human error and may let the Cabinet Office escape with a warning about improving its practices.
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