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Government given formal warning over personal data failures

Information Commissioner’s Office reprimanded seven organisations for causing people ‘significant distress’

Government given formal warning over personal data failures
Two government departments 'repeatedly failed to meet this legal deadline', the ICO watchdog said.
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The Home Office and Ministry of Defence have been given formal warnings after failing to be transparent about the personal information they hold on members of the public.

The departments are among seven organisations given a ‘reprimand’ by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for delays in responding to legal requests.