'Sloppy' claim dismissed

摘要

Councils have rejected claims by the information security watchdog of sloppy handling of sensitive data. A group of 26 councils was accused of 'sloppy" practice, together with Whitehall departments and the private sector. Information commissioner, Richard Thomas, warned lives could be put at risk in the worst cases, and described some losses as 'toxic'. He called for chief executives to take direct responsibility for the issue. The report came in the same week as Sheffield City Council revealed it had lost a computer disk containing details of hundreds of pensioners. Mr Thomas said: 'The flow of data breaches and sloppy information handling continues. The number of breaches brought to our attention is worrying.'