The Devon County Council has removed documents containing names and financial information of children who were excluded from county schools and those with special needs from the Internet, reports Express&Echo. The council has informed the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and says it will conduct a review of its data protection strategy. Meanwhile, the ICO is voicing concern over the security of paper records after breaches at NHS Liverpool Community Health and the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence. Both institutions were found to have inadequate data protection processes. "These incidents should act as a warning to other organisations...to make sure their paper records management processes are as robust as their electronic data systems," said Sally-Anne Poole of the ICO.
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