HAMPSHIRE?County Council has been hit with a £100,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after documents containing personal details of over 100 people were found in a disused building.
Social care files, along with 45 bags of confidential waste, were found at Town End House in Havant.
They contained highly sensitive information about adults and children in vulnerable circumstances.
The documents were discovered by the new owners of the building when it was purchased in August 2014.
Steve Eckersley, ICO head of enforcement, said: “Hampshire County Council failed to ensure that highly sensitive personal data about adults and children in vulnerable circumstances was disposed of.
He added:?“The council’s failure to look after this information was irresponsible. It not only broke the law but put vulnerable people at risk.”