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Heathrow fined for USB stick data breach

10 October 2018/Categories: CILT, Industry News, Active Travel & Travel Planning, Aviation, Transport Planning



Heathrow Airport has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for "serious" data protection failings.

It comes after a staff member lost a USB stick last October containing "sensitive personal data", which was later found by a member of the public.

Reports at the time claimed this included the Queen's security and travel arrangements, although the ICO would not confirm this.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the memory stick, which contained 76 folders and more than 1,000 files, was not encrypted or password-protected.

It said only a small amount of files contained "sensitive" information, including a training video that exposed the names, dates of birth and passport numbers of 10 people. Personal data of up to 50 Heathrow aviation security personnel was also revealed.

Steve Eckersley, ICO director of investigations, said: "Data protection should have been high on Heathrow's agenda. But our investigation found a catalogue of shortcomings in corporate standards, training and vision that indicated otherwise."

The ICO added that only 2% of the airport's 6,500-strong workforce had been trained in data protection.

However, a spokeswoman said: "Following this incident, the company took swift action and strengthened processes and policies.

"We accept the fine that the ICO have deemed appropriate and spoken to all individuals involved.

"We recognise that this should never have happened and would like to reassure everyone that necessary changes have been implemented, including the start of an extensive information security training programme which is being rolled out company-wide."

source: BBC News

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