What
Loss of sensitive personal data
How much
Unknown.
Why
Theft of an unencrypted laptop from an employee’s home.
Regulator
ICO
Regulatory action
Undertaking issued to ensure that portable media devices are suitably encrypted
Reason for action
The stolen laptop was unencrypted and investigation revealed that the data controller’s policies and procedures did not fully comply with the Act’s requirements.
When
27 May 2011.
Links
View PDF of the Asperger’s Children & Carers Together Undertaking (Via ICO Website)
View PDF of the Asperger’s Children & Carers Together Undertaking (Breach Watch Archive)