Trade Association Promises To Improve Data Security Following Loss Of Personal Data Relating To 37,000 People

Repair Management Services of Blackburn, a trade association representing car repair companies, has signed a formal undertaking with the Information Commissioner's Office promising to improve data security measures by March 2010. The ICO – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection law in the UK - took action against RMS following the theft of an unencrypted laptop from a locked car. The laptop contained the personal details of 36,800 people and information on 1,900 driving convictions. The ICO found that, although the laptop was password protected, RMS had failed to protect the data using a minimum standard of encryption. As a result, the security measures used by RMS were insufficient to prevent the unauthorised or unlawful processing of the data in question. The ICO also took into account the fact that data relating to criminal convictions, if accessed, could potentially result in distress being...

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