Sector
Central government
14 published enforcement actions against organisations in central government, totalling £350,000 in penalties.
14
enforcement actions
£350,000
total penalties
1
carried a fine
How this sector fails
- Other or unclassified5
- Unlawful direct marketing3
- Failure on individual rights2
- Cyber attack1
- Unpatched or unsupported software1
- Children's data1
- Unlawful disclosure1
Every action
- ACRO Criminal Records Office The Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) issues a reprimand to ACRO Criminal Records Office for infringements of Articles 3…
- The Electoral Commission Reprimand issued to the Electoral Commission in respect of Articles 5(1)(f) and 32(1)(b). Between 24 August 2021 and 27 October 20…
- Home Office An enforcement notice and a warning have been issued to the Home Office for failing to assess the privacy risks posed by the elect…
- Ministry of Defence The MOD sent emails inadvertently using the “To” field rather than the “BCC” field. 265 unique email addresses were disclosed in b…
- Executive Office On 22 May 2020, the Interim Advocate’s Office sent a newsletter by email to 251 subscribers on its mailing list using the ‘To’ fie…
- Ministry of Justice 14 bags of confidential waste were found in an unsecured holding area in the prison, which both prisoners and staff had access to.
- Department for Education The DfE permitted third party access to the LRS database outside of the DfE and subsequent processing took place of some of that p…
- Department for Work and Pensions A reprimand has been issued after the inappropriate disclosure of individuals personal data by Child Maintenance Appeals (CM Appea…
- Secretary of State for the Home Department On 5 September 2021 an envelope containing four documents classified 'Official Sensitive' (the Documents) was found at a venue in …
- Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Office) A reprimand has been issued to the Home Office following investigations that showed between March 2021 and November 2021, they had…
- Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Office) A Home Office employee contacted members of the public as part of the creation of an education programme for staff into the histor…
- Crown Prosecution Service A reprimand was issued after an investigation into three separate incidents involving the loss of personal data.
- Ministry of Defence The MoD has been issued with a reprimand following an identified SAR backlog dating back to March 2020. Despite setting up a recov…
- Department of Health and Social Care The ICO has issued the DHSC with a reprimand in relation to data protection compliance matters under the General Data Protection R…