South Lanarkshire Council blames human error for employee data leak
The leak, which happened last month, followed an application which asked for details of staff pay grades.
In response, a spreadsheet was uploaded which was only supposed to include "anonymised employee data".The data shared, which was discovered last week, is understood to have included names, workplaces, salaries and National Insurance numbers.Image source,The details were published in a spreadsheet that was only supposed to have included anonymised data
A South Lanarkshire Council spokesman told BBC Scotland: "Unfortunately as a result of human error, the spreadsheet contained a second page of personal data that had not been anonymised."To the best of our knowledge the information was not accessed, and we believe the data could not be used in a way that would be harmful to those involved."A report has also been submitted to the information commissioner.
In a statement, posted on social media, Unison's South Lanarkshire branch said it had met with the council to discuss the issue.
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