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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on August 09, 2023, 08:26:13 PM

Title: Adopted children's names were disclosed on Scotland's People website
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 09, 2023, 08:26:13 PM

Baffled that this issue wasn't considered upfront.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66448432

Title: Re: Adopted children's names were disclosed on Scotland's People website
Post by: jeremyp on August 11, 2023, 04:02:11 PM

It probably was considered up front by somebody. The message just didn't get through to the person who posted the data, or there was some technical screw up that made it visible when it shouldn't have been.

Title: Re: Adopted children's names were disclosed on Scotland's People website
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 11, 2023, 05:00:37 PM

Quote from: jeremyp on August 11, 2023, 04:02:11 PM

It probably was considered up front by somebody. The message just didn't get through to the person who posted the data, or there was some technical screw up that made it visible when it shouldn't have been.

Their statement implies that it wasn't such an error:

'An NRS spokesperson said: "Relevant records have been removed from the website while we investigate this.

"We are taking this extremely seriously and will listen to a wide range of views before making decisions for the longer term."

The spokesman said NRS had a statutory responsibility to make its registers open and searchable.

He said: "There has been no personal data breach but we have made the Information Commissioner's Office aware of the complaint raised and the action we are taking as a precautionary step while we review the way we make this information available."'