ICO reprimands Department for Education over misuse of children’s data

Gambling company among those allowed access to records of 28 million children.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the UK Department for Education (DfE) after poor due diligence and prolonged misuse of personal information of up to 28 million children. The investigation began after the ICO received a data breach report from the DfE about

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