August 31, 2010
DSG Retail and Yorkshire Building Society found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act
Yorkshire Building Society has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
An unencrypted laptop, belonging to the former Chelsea Building Society that had recently merged with Yorkshire Building Society, was stolen from its Cheltenham premises. The laptop contained a substantial part of the CBS customer database and was recovered within 48 hours.
Forensic investigations revealed that none of the data had been accessed during that time, although there had been several attempts to do so.
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