mikem
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My wife and I took early retirement a few years ago. However we do work a few (literally) days a year (zero hours contract) for a bit of beer money/Prosecco.
We work for a large international company.
We went away on friday for a long weekend only to return today to find an email (sent on thursday) from said company with an attachment comprising of a complete spreadsheet of company emplyees (including us), with everyones details in the form of addresses, N.I. numbers etc.
They realised their mistake and late friday evening sent another email requesting everyone delete offending spreadsheet. Stable door and horse bolted springs to mind.
This appears to be a breach of the data protection act?
Do we have any form legal protection if we suffer i.d. theft or other forms of loss?
Can we demand recompense for monetary loss as a result of this act of incompetence?
We are obviously very concerned.
Any advice appreciated.
We work for a large international company.
We went away on friday for a long weekend only to return today to find an email (sent on thursday) from said company with an attachment comprising of a complete spreadsheet of company emplyees (including us), with everyones details in the form of addresses, N.I. numbers etc.
They realised their mistake and late friday evening sent another email requesting everyone delete offending spreadsheet. Stable door and horse bolted springs to mind.
This appears to be a breach of the data protection act?
Do we have any form legal protection if we suffer i.d. theft or other forms of loss?
Can we demand recompense for monetary loss as a result of this act of incompetence?
We are obviously very concerned.
Any advice appreciated.