After Midnight

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(Clockwise from top left) Elton John , Nadiya Hussain , Iain Duncan Smith, Jill Scott , Ainsley Harriot, Gabby Logan

The government has apologised "to all concerned", after it accidentally the addresses published by More Than 1,000 of the New Year to honor recipients online.

The File , the details of the senior police officers and politicians - was uploaded to an official website on Friday Evening and removed on Saturday.

The Cabinet Office told the BBC to investigate that it was not, "how this happened".

Among the addresses of those were from Sir Elton John and the former Director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders .

Also on The List of 1,097 honors recipient of high-profile names, such as, for example, Cricket players, Ben Stokes , the former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith, TV chef, Nadiya Hussain , and the former Ofcom boss, Sharon White , were.

the data breach has been described as "a Farce and inexcusable" privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch.

the Director of the organization, Silkie Carlo, said: "It is extremely worrying to see that the government get a basic grip on privacy, and the people who have been some of the highest awards in jeopardy because of this.

"It is a Farce and is not adopted to excuse errors, especially in the light of the new data protection law by the government in the past year. It is clearly not keep to its rules. "

A government spokesman said: "A version for the New Year Honors of the error was published in 2020, The List will be the recipient addresses.

"The Information is removed as soon as possible.

"We have reported The Matter to the ICO [Information Commissioner's Office] and to all those who are directly affected. "

The ICO has said The Power to fine organisations for breaches of data protection, it is "requests".

"Much depends on the setting of the'

There is No Doubt that this is a serious breach of the data protection and the government, all organizations, you should admit, is more familiar with The Law relating to the confidential personal information.

But while some of the celebrities and police officers awarded the honors that you are concerned about your privacy and security, it would have been far more serious if the home addresses had been playing the on The List of gallantry awards in the course of.

The Information Commissioner's Office has yet to be charged, an order registered under the new data protection law in force in the year 2018 - a London pharmacy. to a fine of £275,000 for the negligent storage of sensitive medical data from half a million people

lawyers who think that specializes in data protection, the ICO, like this as a less serious case of a Human Error , and exit the "Cabinet Office " escape with A Warning to improve their practices.

But, you say, a lot now depends on the attitude of those who have seen, to bring your data - you could decide civil claims against the government for the implementation of The Public -domain information, which determined many of them were in private.

data-rights-lawyer Ravi Naik said the government would have released in the face of legal action for those whose addresses, as well as by the ICO.

He was also warned that anyone who came across The Information should say, the ICO and not to others, because they themselves could face legal action.

'Sensitive names'

Simon winder, a sustainability expert from London, was among those who were able to access the sensitive information.

He told the BBC: "I clicked on The Link to the Director. uk-website opens at 11 PM on Friday and the table.

"first of all I think everyone had given up on The List thought, your consent to the disclosure of your personal addresses. But then I saw that some very sensitive names were on it. "

another source told the BBC, she has to do to access the File , just After Midnight , on Saturday but were not able, as of 05:00 GMT.

The Cabinet Office said that the document was visible for around an hour.

Most of the entries in the table contain the full addresses, including house numbers and zip codes.

A separate list, which seems not to be involved in The Breach , to the cover of the gallantry awards for police, ambulance and fire brigade and Military Personnel .

new year honours, cabinet office, uk government

Source of news: bbc.com