DWP leaves thousands of people's personal data online for more than two years

guest · Nov 11, 2020

DWP leaves thousands of people's personal data online for more than two years
The Information Commissioner is examining the incident
November 10, 2020
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-leaves-thousands-peoples-personal-22988919

Bungling officials published more than 6,000 people’s personal data on the internet in a what appears to be a "serious" breach.

The Department for the Work and Pensions (DWP) apologised tonight after leaving a mammoth list of National Insurance numbers online for more than two years.
It’s thought the personal data belonged to welfare claimants who were applying for disability benefit PIP.

The files, published in 2018, listed routine payments to outsourcing giant Capita, which assesses sick and disabled people for PIP.
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Data protection lawyer Jon Belcher, of Blake Morgan, told the Mirror: “Assuming the data in the spreadsheets consists of national insurance numbers relating to individual PIP claimants, then this does appear to be a breach of data protection law.”

He added: “Because of the numbers of individuals involved, the sensitivity of the information and the length of time this information appears to have been publicly available, this is potentially a serious incident.”
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