Verity Trustees breached Data Protection Act

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The Information Commissioner's Office has ruled Verity Trustees breached the Data Protection Act when unencrypted personal data of 110,000 scheme members was stolen from its software provider.

The laptop, which was stolen from NorthgateArinso's offices in May, contained in the names, addresses, dates of birth, salaries and national insurance numbers of around 110,000 people - as well as ...

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