Home Department written question – answered at on 9 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of (a) data loss and (b) breaches of confidentiality occurred in her Department in 2011.
holding answer
The Home Office has published details of protected personal data related incidents notified to the Information Commissioner's Office in 2010-11 in its resource accounts. Of these incidents two related to cases of data loss and two related to breaches of confidentiality.
The Home Office has also published details of incidents deemed by the Data Controller not to fall within the criteria for report to the Information Commissioner's Office. Of these incidents eight related to cases of data loss and 10 related to breaches of confidentiality. This information is collated annually. Figures covering the period
The 2010-11 resource accounts are available from the Home Office website at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/annual-report-201011
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No0 people think not
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