DATA LOSSES IN 2011

Reference number: 
20120086
Request date: 
02/2012
Response date: 
06/02/2012 (All day)
Request details: 

Sent under separate cover:

'Following my FOI request which I sent this morning regarding data losses, I should clarify that I am looking for information relating to all data losses that happened during the year 2011. Please state how many data losses have been recorded, in total, by the police force'
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Please provide a breakdown of each incident in an Excel spreadsheet, stating:
- The year (and, exact date if this is possible) of each loss
- the type of information that was lost (as much detail as possible, but category of information is fine, e.g. personal data, classified report, etc.)
- how/where it was lost (if known). E.g. 'leaked to media', 'left on train', 'emailed to wrong address', etc.
- Any action that was taken as a result, including informing people about the loss, disciplinary action, etc.

The term "data loss" should be taken to mean any instances where information has accidentally or wrongly been misplaced, lost, released, published, leaked, or verbally broadcast. The data should include personal details (I.e. potential Data Protection Act breaches), as well as all other information that, for whatever reason, was not intended to be publicly available at the time of the loss. E.g, commercially sensitive information, information intended to be announced in the future, reports that had not meant to yet be made public yet, information that was being withheld for security reasons, etc etc.
Exemptions Applied: 

NIL

SYP response: 

South Yorkshire Police holds no such reports therefore our response must be that no information is held.