By Chris Williamson-
A waltham Forest Council employee uploaded a video containing “sensitive information” to Youtube, a report filled with damning personal data breaches has revealed.
The report by private consultants Agilisys condemned the council as currently not being compliant with data protection regulations.
The report also revealed that personal information was wrongly disclosed 18 times, and e-mails were sent to the wrong person five times. Laptops were lost or stolen ten times.
Altogether, 39 council employees and partners were investigated in 2017 for failing to protect important information. The finding is an embarrassment to the Council given their duty to oversee their staff. The fact laptops went missing questions the judgement of the council in selecting their staff.
The Eye Of Media.Com was unable to establish the action taken against those who breached data protection laws, and the individuals in whose charge laptop went missing.
Waltham Forest Council was contacted for comment but did not get back to us before our publication of this story.