CPS fined over theft of laptops holding interviews with sex attack victims
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#SHXR)
Information Commissioner's Office fines CPS 200,000 after finding that videos had not been kept securely by private film studio
The Crown Prosecution Service has been fined 200,000 after laptops containing videos of police interviews with victims of sex attacks were stolen from a private film studio.
The highly unusual security breach and heavy penalty follow an inquiry by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which is responsible for enforcing data protection laws.
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