Data breaches
Dear Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council,
I am investigating and researching data breaches and cyber crime in the UK.
I am requesting the following information from you:-
How many times have you reported any data breaches in the past 6 years?
If you have.
Did you report these data breaches to the ICO?
For each separate breach case, please tell me the following:-
How many people were affected by the data breach?
Please send me a copy of the correspondence that you sent to the people affected by the data breach to notify them their data had been breached.
What information was breached?
Have you received any complaints about the data breach by victims? If so, how many?
Have you paid out any compensation to any of the victims that made complaints? If so, how many?
If you have paid out compensation, how much have you paid out in total?
Please send me a list of each complaint reference and how much compensation you paid out per complaint.
Who is your data protection officer?
What is their contact details?
On a separate matter, I would also like the following information:-
Who is your energy provider?
When is your contract renewal date?
How much do you spend annually on energy?
When you signed your most recent energy contract, did you go through a third party broker who brokered the deal for you?
Who is the person who makes the decision on which energy provider you go with?
What is their contact details?
I look toward to your prompt response!
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Bull
Dear Mr Bull
Ref: 2021/06/022
Thank you for your email requesting information. Your request will be
treated in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please
see attached Privacy Notice with regard to our processing of your personal
data.
We will aim to provide you with a response on or before 27 July 2021.
In the meantime, if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Kind Regards
Helen Leung
Information Governance Assistant
FOI Requests
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Dear Mr Bull
Council Response: 2021/06/022
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please find responses
to your questions in the attached table. You will see from the response
table that we have applied an exemption under Section 40 (2) of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and have redacted third party personal
data .
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have handled your request
for information you may request an internal review by contacting:
Liz Johnston
Head of Governance
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Antrim Civic Centre
50 Stiles Way
BT41 2UB
Email: [1][email address]
If after the internal review is completed you remain dissatisfied you may
appeal to the Information Commissioner by contacting:
Information Commissioner’s Office
3rd Floor
14 Cromac Place
Belfast
BT7 2JB
If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Janet Moreland
Information Governance Assistant
FOI Requests
Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way, Antrim. BT41 2UB [3]ANBC Logo
T: 028 9446 3113
E: [2][Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council request email]
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solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
If you have received this email in error please notify the sender
immediately by email and delete this email from your system. Any opinions
expressed in the email message you have received are those of the
individual and not necessarily of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.
The Council reserves the right to monitor all inbound and outbound email
for security/audit purposes. All personal data will be processed in
accordance with current data protection legislation – for more information
see our website www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/gdpr. This email message
and any attachments has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses.
However, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council does not guarantee these
messages are virus free and accepts no liability for any damage sustained
as a result of computer viruses. It is the recipient's responsibility to
ensure that their system is virus-free. Unless expressly stated in the
body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a
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From: FOI Requests
Sent: 28 June 2021 10:12
To: 'Jonathan Bull' <[FOI #768762 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Data breaches ref
2021/06/022
Dear Mr Bull
Ref: 2021/06/022
Thank you for your email requesting information. Your request will be
treated in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please
see attached Privacy Notice with regard to our processing of your personal
data.
We will aim to provide you with a response on or before 27 July 2021.
In the meantime, if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Kind Regards
Helen Leung
Information Governance Assistant
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