Given the increase in public concern about data security breaches, recent high-profile incidents and the information commissioner's new fining powers, it's essential that councils put in place proper measures to reduce data breach risks, opines Field Fisher Waterhouse partner Stewart Room for The Guardian. The challenge will be to "design new systems and operations for data breach detection and the handling of incidents," Room writes. Noting the commissioner's expectation of being notified about serious incidents, Room says that for "all intents and purposes, local authorities are now working within a mandatory breach reporting regime. They cannot afford to get this wrong."  
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