Stoke Council have breached the data protection act 46 times in the last three years a Freedom of Information act has revealed. 

Staffs Live report:

Pupil records found dumped in a country lane and 20 missing iPads are among dozens of Stoke City Council data breaches, a StaffsLive investigation has revealed.

There has been a sharp rise in cases involving the loss or breach of sensitive or personal data held by the city council.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that there were 21 breaches in 2012, 18 in 2011 and seven in 2010.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.