Personal data affected by this incident:
- Personal data contained in email system of the Commission:
- Name, first name and surname.
- Email addresses (personal and/or business).
- Home address if included in a webform or email.
- Contact telephone number (personal and/or business).
- Content of the webform and email that may contain personal data.
- Any personal images sent to the Commission.
- Personal data contained in Electoral Register entries:
- Name, first name and surname
- Home address in register entries
- Date on which a person achieves voting age that year.
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So access to everything that’s available publicly anyway?
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the first part isn't
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Big wow. The best change that could be made to data protection regulation would be to exclude basic contact information.
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Let’s be honest, there have been so many data breaches affecting major companies that everyone’s name, address and key personal data must be out there by now.
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Waiting nearly a year to tell us all about it seems a tad tardy.
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Somewhat worse…
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/catastrophic-psni-blunder-identifies-every-serving-police-officer-and-civilian-staff-with-345000-pieces-of-data-prompting-security-nightmare/a1823676448.html?=123
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Heh, just heard about that PSNI one on the radio. Imagine dropping such a MASSIVE bollock.
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It’s insane
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Electoral commission now dancing on tables in relief
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Clubbers now dancing on tables in relief as PSNI rescues his thread from mediocrity.
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So are all compo cases now undermined on the basis that privacy no longer exists anyway?
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