Collaborate Disseminate
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been fined £350,000 for recklessly causing a data breach that exposed the personal details of citizens of Afghanistan who were seeking to flee the country after the Taliban took control in 2021.
Read more in… Continue reading UK’s Ministry of Defence fined after Bcc email blinder that put the lives of Afghan citizens at risk
Sonos’s customer support team tried to make grumpy customers happier by telling them their emails would take a little longer than normal to answer.
But boy oh boy, they only made things worse.
Continue reading Sonos goofs again – this time revealing customers’ email addresses in Cc: blunder
An NHS health board has found itself in the awkward position of apologising to 37 HIV patients, after accidentally disclosing their identities.
Continue reading NHS service accidentally reveals identities of HIV patients in email blunder
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has confessed to making the same kind of mistake that many others have made before – sending out an email with a long list of email addresses listed for all to see in the Cc: rather than hidden away via the Bcc… Continue reading Data protection authority reports itself to itself after data breach
But at least now you know how to get in touch with people who might have an extra ticket… Continue reading Football team drops the privacy ball with email Cc blunder
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has been fined £200,000 for revealing identities of abuse victims in a mass email.
Continue reading £200,000 fine for exposing possible child abuse victims in classic Cc/Bcc email blunder