Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear...

[DaveB]

Someone is for the high jump...

Plod mails CRB check data to El Reg Hack

The author of the email at Gwent Police is now facing a gross misconduct investigation and potential sacking over the incident, which came to light this week

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[northernladuk]

The Register has now deleted the file in cooperation with Gwent Police’s professional standards officers, who travelled to our London offices two days after being contacted.

Yer right. Whatever.....

Would have been nice if the Register had contacted the force in confidence to deal with this issue and maybe save a load of crap and maybe someone poor sap their job.

[Pondlife]

IT workers were immediately called in by chief constable Mick Giannasi to tighten system security so similar incidents cannot occur in the future. Gwent Police has now reported the breach to the Information Commissioner, as required under the Data Protection Act, and to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Outlook -> Contacts -> journo@thereg.co.uk (del)

That'll be £500 please.

[b0redom]

Or looking at it another way. How many times has this happened? I, for one, would be a bit annoyed if the police went about emailing my details to news outlets....

[northernladuk]

Or looking at it another way. How many times has this happened? I, for one, would be a bit annoyed if the police went about emailing my details to news outlets....

Maybe so but ignorance is bliss!