The UK’s data watchdog today issued the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) a £200,000 penalty after it sent a bulk email to participants that identified possible victims of historical crimes. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said IICSA – set up in 2014 to probe the degree to which institutions in England and Wales failed in their duty to protect young people from molestation – had breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 by not keeping confidential and sensitive personal data secure.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register
