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17 May 2012

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Historic Data Loss

Newcastle Youth Offending Team - 28 October '11

An unencrypted laptop, containing the personal information of young people, has been stolen from a contractor's home.

A brief summary of the data loss is shown below:

Organisation Newcastle Youth Offending Team

Revealed 28 October 2011

Individuals at Risk Young people

Data Lost Names, addresses, dates of birth and the name of the school the young person attended

Circumstances of Loss The contractor had been working on a youth inclusion programme at home, on behalf of the Team, when the laptop was stolen.

An investigaton by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found that although the organisation had a contract in place with the contractor, there was a failure to ensure that its employees were complying with necessary security measures.

The team has stated that it will now take reasonable steps to ensure all data processors contracted to act on its behalf comply with the principles of the Act, including that all portable and mobile devices, including laptops, are encrypted.

A spokesperson for the ICO stated, "Encryption is a basic procedure and an inexpensive way to ensure that information is kept secure. But, to their detriment, not enough data handlers are making use of it. This case also highlights how important it is to ensure that watertight procedures are in place before any work is undertaken by contractors."

All Recorded Data Losses

Find below all data losses reported - click any for full details.

Date

Organisation

Affected

Kingston Council

Aneurin Bevan Health Board

Islington Council

London Marathon

South London Healthcare NHS Trust

Leicestershire County Council

Pharmacyrepublic Limited

Lancashire Police

Enable Scotland

British Pregnancy Advisory Service

Belfast City Council

Craven District Council

Victoria House Children's Centre

East Lothian Council

Midlothian Council

Chartered Institute of PR (CIPR)

Metropolitan Police

Brighton/Sussex Univ Hosp

Edinburgh City Council

Powys County Council

Durham County Council

Worcestershire Council

North Somerset Council

Kensington and Chelsea Council

Birmingham City Council

Southwark Council

Scottish Advocate

Phoenix Nursery School

Rochdale Council

Great Western Hospital, Wiltshire

Newcastle Youth Offending Team

Central Bedfordshire Council

Coventry and Warwickshire Trust

Praxis Care and Dep't of Social Care

Holly Park School, Barnet

Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust

Blackpool Coastal Housing (BCH)

London Ambulance Service

Univ Hosp of Sth Manchester

Devon & Cornwall Police

Bay House School Hampshire

Lewisham Homes and Wandle HA

The Office of National Statistics

NHS North Central London

Surrey County Council

Dumfries and Galloway Council

North Lanarkshire Council

Wheelbase Motor Project

Somerset County Council

University of Kent

Freehold Community School

NHS Birmingham East and North

Norwich City College

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Department for Work and Pensions

Walsall Council

City of York Council

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Co-operative Life Planning

Leicester City Council

University of York

Wolverhampton City Council

Cambridgeshire County Council

Identity and Passport Service

Anglesea County Council

Hounslow Council

Stoke On Trent Council

Portsmouth City Council

NW London Hospitals NHS Trust

Healthcare Locums (HCL)

East & North Herts NHS Trust

Greater Manchester Police

Yorkshire Building Society

North Lanarkshire Council

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

CitiHealth NHS Nottingham

Barking & Dagenham Council

NHS Stoke-on-Trent

Basingstoke/N Hamps NHS Trust

West Berkshire Council

HM Revenue & Customs

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Forth Valley

Hywel Dda Health Board

Warwickshire County Council

Highland Council

London Mutual Insurance Society

Royal Dutch Shell

Ass'n of Teachers and Lecturers

Skipton Building Society

Southampton University NHS Trust

Her Majesty's Courts Services

Derbyshire County PCT

Shropshire Council

Ministry of Defence

NHS Bolton and Bolton Council

Fairlawn Primary School, Bristol

Ministry of Defence

Verity Trustees

Rural Payments Agency

Scottish Ambulance Service

Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust

St Albans District Council

Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT

Maidstone/T-Wells NHS Trust

Rural Payments Agency

Ashford/St Peter's NHS Trust

Toynbee School Chandler's Ford

ABM University NHS Trust

Blackburn with Darwen B'h Council

NHS Education for Scotland

Billing Pharmacy Limited

Sandwell Council

Surrey County Council

North Somerset Council

Repair Management Services

London Borough of Sutton

East Cheshire NHS Trust

Islington Council

Abbey Play Group, Lincoln

Council workers

Imperial College NHS Trust

Casino gamblers

Broomfield Hospital

Network Solutions

Cardiff Council

Neath Port Talbot Council

HSBC Insurance Brokers

Highland Council

Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

Epsom & St Helier Univ. Hosp.

Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust

Jubilee Managing Agency

Manchester City Council

Darwen Borough Council

NHS City and Hackney

Salford NHS Foundation Trust

Belfast Civil Service

The Pensions Trust

Leicester City Council

Ministry of Defence (MoD)

NHS Lanarkshire

Addenbrooke’s Hospital

Manchester University

Bradford Teaching Hospitals

Serious Organised Crime Agency

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Highland Council

British Council

NHS – Southern General Hospital

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Norton/Symantec

Suffolk Coastal DC

SW London Healthcare

Dept for Work and Pensions

Lothian & Borders Police

Hastings and Rother PCT

Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust

New Forest District Council

Neath Port Talbot Council

UK Border Agency

HM Prison Service

British Council

Singleton Hospital

Tees Esk and Wear NHS Trust

Heartland Payment Systems

Merseyside Police

Central Lancashire PCT

Letterkenny Gen. Hospital

NHS Lincolnshire

Neath Port Talbot Council

Restormel Borough Council

Aberdeen City Council

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leeds City Council

Museum staff at NMSI

Colchester Hospital

Surrey County Council

Manchester City Council

Northumbria Police

British National Party

Wishaw General Hospital

Railway Pensions

Ministry of Defence

Lancashire Police

Leicester University NUS

Ministry of Defence

Royal Air Force

General Teaching Council

Whittington Hospital

Hertfordshire Police

Haringey Council

Ministry of Justice

Devon and Cornwall Police

Various NHS Trusts

Skipton Financial Services

Driving Standards Agency

DVA, Northern Ireland

Leeds Building Society

Citizens Advice Bureau, NI

Kirklees Council

HM Revenue and Customs

Scottish Public Pensions

HM Revenue and Customs

HM Revenue and Customs

Newcastle City Council

Halifax Bank of Scotland

Marks and Spencer

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Bulldog Broadband

Halifax Building Society

Torbay Borough Council

Worcestershire Council

Metropolitan Police