Contractor said he lost the device – storing names, addresses, dates of birth and tax details of 460,000 people – after an alcohol-fuelled night out
has been forced to apologise after a contractor admitted he had lost a USB memory stick containing the personal data of almost half a million residents after an alcohol-fuelled night out.
All of the information is encrypted and password protected, and there have been no reports of data leaks. It is not the first time a local government has been left red-faced in connection with Covid-19 assistance.
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