How much

Unknown.

Why

Theft of an unencrypted laptop from the data controller’s home.

Regulator

ICO

Regulatory action

Undertaking issued to ensure that all portable media devices used to store personal data are encrypted to a sufficient standard.

Reason for action

Although much of the data on the laptop would have been in the public domain, it included email correspondence relating to legal cases.

When

06 December 2011.

Links

View PDF of the Richard Dominic Preston Undertaking (Via ICO Website)

View PDF of the Richard Dominic Preston Undertaking (Breach Watch Archive)