Advocacy groups are asking for an investigation into the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office’s handling of a 2022 Ministry of Defence data breach impacting approximately 19,000 individuals, including U.K. special forces and spies, involved in an Afghan resettlement program, the Guardian reports. In a letter, civil liberties groups alleged the ICO’s lack of formal action and documenting of its decision making was “extraordinary” and “fails to drive the adoption of good data management across government and public bodies.”
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