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Police Scotland promised to remove 250,000 people from the interim Vulnerable Persons Database (iVPD) last year after it was found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act. But the force has now ...

Police Scotland chose not to consult the data regulator before deploying its cloud-based digital evidence-sharing system, despite identifying a number of “high risks” with the data processing, freedom ...

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Scottish local authorities have recorded more than 10,000 data breaches over the last five years. Incidents included the unauthorised access of data by staff, stolen data, procedural failures, theft ...

Aberdeen City Council has to make inquiries and investigate where we have concerns that an adult may be at risk of harm. We receive concerns about an adult who may be at risk from a wide range of ...

A POLICE officer wrongly accused of data protection breaches is suing Police Scotland for more than £1million. Constables Andrew Reid, 36, and former partner Amanda Daly, 34, were charged over claims ...

HIV Scotland has been fined £10,000 after the charity sent out an email containing the personal details of dozens of people. The data protection breach involved an email to 105 people, including ...