The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that the University of York breached the Data Protection Act by making student information available online, ITPRO reports. The breach occurred in 2009, when an employee made an error while working on an IT system. The information included student addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. Meanwhile, the Lancashire Police Authority has signed an undertaking with the ICO after it accidentally published details of an individual's complaint to its website. The group Big Brother Watch has found that 900 police officers and staff in the UK have been disciplined for breaching the Data Protection Act in the last three years, the report states.
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