The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has determined that Walsall Council breached the Data Protection Act when it "accidentally dumped hundreds of local residents' postal vote statements in a skip," Computer Business Review reports. An ICO investigation revealed that the council did not have a contract with the organisation processing the residents' personal information and failed to provide instructions on how the information should be handled. The compromised information included names, addresses, dates of birth and signatures. The council has signed an undertaking.
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