Action taken after insurance provider loses over 2,000 people’s details
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 06:08
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) after eight laptops, two of which contained the personal details of 2,135 people, were stolen from the company’s Edinburgh offices. Michael Yardley, Group Chief Executive Officer of the company, has now signed an official Undertaking to ensure that portable and mobile devices including laptops are encrypted.
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