Privacy , Government Regulations UK data watchdog criticizes Metropolitan Police for data handling failures August 6, 2026 Share By SC Staff The UK's data protection regulator criticized the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for significant data handling failures, including sharing a stalking victim's new contact details with her abuser and a separate incident exposing the email addresses of 18 individuals connected to Parliament. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued the MPS with an enforcement notice and a reprimand over the two incidents, which occurred in 2024, based on information published by The Register. The ICO's enforcement notice and reprimand highlight two major incidents and broader systemic weaknesses within the MPS. The first involved officers providing a stalker, subject to an interim Stalking Protection Order, with unredacted documents that revealed the victim's new phone number and home address, leading to her being contacted by the perpetrator. The second incident was a "CC-not-BCC" email blunder where the MPS inadvertently exposed the email addresses of 18 individuals targeted in a honeytrap operation to each other. The ICO found that data protection training completion rates were low across the force, with the officer involved in the email breach having not completed training for over four years. The MPS has committed to improving training compliance and reviewing email practices, with the ICO emphasizing the need for effective safeguards, training, and assurance for organizations handling sensitive information, especially in the public sector. Source: The Register SC Staff Related Ransomware Beacon CRM confirms cyberattack exposed UK charity data SC Staff August 6, 2026 Beacon CRM confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in the exposure of data belonging to a significant number of UK charities. Identity Brazil’s health system data exposed online SC Staff August 6, 2026 As outlined in HackRead, over 102,000 private records from Brazil’s health surveillance system were left accessible online without any security measures, exposing sensitive personal and government information. Application security Apple’s Private Relay feature has flaws that can expose user IP addresses SC Staff August 6, 2026 Apple's Private Relay, an opt-in feature designed to hide a user's IP address when browsing the internet with Safari, was found to have flaws that can reveal the supposedly hidden IP address. Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Anonymization Basic Authentication Biometrics British Standard 7799 Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Chain of Custody Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) Competitive Intelligence Digital Certificate Geolocation You can skip this ad in 5 seconds