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| Rhondda Cynon Taf residents' details may have been sold in data breach | |
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| Residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf may have had their personal details mistakenly sold to credit reference agencies due to a computer software error. | Residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf may have had their personal details mistakenly sold to credit reference agencies due to a computer software error. |
| A letter from the authority said details from the full electoral roll were released in March by mistake. | A letter from the authority said details from the full electoral roll were released in March by mistake. |
| RCT council said it could not say for sure if anyone's information had been released, but it tried to rectify the breach when it became clear. | RCT council said it could not say for sure if anyone's information had been released, but it tried to rectify the breach when it became clear. |
| The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is investigating. | |
| A spokesperson said: "The full version of the electoral register should only be used for elections, preventing and detecting crime and checking applications for credit. | |
| "Any suggestion that it has been made available for other purposes raises clear data protection concerns. | |
| "We will making enquiries into the potential data breach at Rhondda Cynon Taf. | |
| "This will include considering whether the problem has implications for other councils." | |
| An edited version of the electoral roll can legally be sold to commercial agencies. | An edited version of the electoral roll can legally be sold to commercial agencies. |
| But the letter said Rhondda Cynon Taf council mistakenly sent out a full version, without the appropriate marker showing who had opted to keep their details private. | But the letter said Rhondda Cynon Taf council mistakenly sent out a full version, without the appropriate marker showing who had opted to keep their details private. |