A massive Harrogate Council data breach has led to the publication of phone numbers and email addresses of people who objected to a controversial housing development
“Social media engenders sometimes extreme views and it makes it easy for people to get on the backs of those they don’t agree with. People can have extreme views on contentious matters such as Maltkiln and GDPR is there to prevent people whose views are violently opposed to those of Better Wetherby coming to my house and smashing the car up.“This is a massive planning application which is going to have a major effect on Wetherby, amongst other things.
A council spokesperson said a small volume of respondents had been incorrectly redacted due to “a processing error”.He added: “Where this happened, the contact details were not visible uhnless the consultation response was copied and pasted into a document. “As soon as we were made aware of this, we took appropriate action and removed the information pending an investigation and resolution.
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