Breach details
| What | Inappropriate disclosure of sensitive personal data. |
| How much | Two records over two incidents. |
| When | 31 March 2011 |
| Why | On the first occasion a Social Worker sent a Social Care Core Assessment report to the child’s sibling instead of the mother. A second incident was reported by the Council to the ICO involving the inappropriate disclosure of foster carer names and addresses to the children’s mother, in this incident the authority decided to move the children to a different foster carer. |
Regulatory action
| Regulator | ICO | Action | Monetary penalty of £ 90,000 |
| When | 6 June 2012 |
Why the regulator acted
| Breach of act | There was no formal checking process in place to prevent documents being sent to the wrong recipients . Inappropriate organisational and technical measures. |
| Known or should have known | Staff were used to dealing with such cases on a daily basis and were aware of the sensitivity of the data being handled. Two separate incidents occurred in 2 months. |
| Likely to cause damage or distress | Data relating to vulnerable child in foster care. |
Links
| View PDF of the Telford & Wrekin Council Monetary Penalty Notice (Breach Watch Archive) |
| View PDF of the Telford & Wrekin Council Monetary Penalty Notice (Via ICO Website) |