Wednesday, November 3, 2010

British Telecom faces legal issues after failing to leverage email compliance

A recent data loss incident may put British Telecom in the middle of an ongoing legal case in the UK involving a prior issue involving legal firm ACS:Law.

Authorities in the country are debating whether British Telecom violated the Data Protection Act when it recently leaked personal information of more than 500 customers as a result of an email mishap. An official with British Telecom has since confirmed that one of its attorneys sent a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing customers' personal information in an unsecured email.

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