US EditionUK Government to Pay £1.6mn to Afghan Data Breach Victims
- In 2021, the Ministry of Defence inadvertently revealed personal details of 277 Afghan individuals who were at risk due to the Taliban’s return to power.
- The data breach happened after a mass email was sent on September 20, 2021, by the team managing the UK’s programme for relocating vulnerable Afghan nationals, and due to a ‘reply all’ error, recipients’ email addresses were inadvertently exposed.
- The Information Commissioner's Office fined the MoD £350,000 in December 2023 and identified failures to prevent disclosure, while internal investigations revealed two additional breaches in September 2021.
- Defence Minister Luke Pollard announced on Friday that the government will pay up to £4,000 to each affected individual, with total compensation expected around £1.6 million, and promised to improve data handling practices.
- This compensation aims to address distress and ongoing risks faced by Afghan nationals, while the government has closed the Arap scheme after resettling over 21,000 people and acknowledges the need for improved protections.
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UK to Pay £1.6 Million in Compensation to Afghans Affected by Data Breach
The UK government has announced it will pay £1.6 million in compensation to 265 Afghan nationals whose personal information was accidentally leaked by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The post UK to Pay £1.6 Million in Compensation to Afghans Affected by Data Breach appeared first on KabulNow.
UK to pay £1.6 million compensation to Afghans over risky data leak - Khaama Press
Image/PA. The UK government will pay £1.6 million to 277 Afghans after a 2021 data leak exposed their identities and endangered their lives. British media have reported that the UK government will pay compensation of up to £4,000 each to 277 Afghan citizens whose personal information was exposed in a 2021 data breach by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). According to the BBC World Service, the breach occurred in September 2021, during the chaotic an…
The British government has announced that it will pay 1.6 million pounds in compensation to 265 Afghan citizens who were put at risk by the Ministry of Defense's disclosure of their information. According to the Telegraph, Luke Pollard, the deputy parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Defense, said in a written statement to the country's parliament yesterday (Friday, July 3) that each of these people will be paid compensation of four thous…
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