Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says the housing sector must improve its data protection practices, INSIDE HOUSING reports, and he is calling on social landlords to take action. Graham says an unencrypted laptop taken from an employee's house, a USB stick left in a taxi or an employee untrained in what information can be distributed are all risks to data protection. "Social housing is very much on our radar," Graham said, "It seems to us that there is very little awareness of data protection within the sector, with a few honourable exceptions."
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