Council fined for dumping pension records in supermarket bin wins appeal

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A £250,000 fine issued by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) on the Scottish Borders Council (SBC) over a pensions data breach has been overturned.

SBC was fined in September 2012 after 600 files containing former employees' pension records were found in an overflowing recycling bin in a supermarket car park. The council said its third-party d...

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