The Information Commissioner’s Office ruled that the council had breached the Data Protection Act on two occasions by disclosing confidential and personal data relating to four vulnerable children.
On the first occasion, the council sent the results of a child’s core assessment, with details of their behaviour and a serious allegation by another child, to their sibling instead of their mother.
On the second, the names and addresses of the foster placements of two young children were shown to the children’s mother, resulting in the children having to move to another foster placement.
David Smith, deputy commissioner and director of data protection, said: “The decision to issue a penalty in this case reflects its seriousness – these were two very similar data breaches which occurred within a short space of time, and both involved highly confidential and sensitive personal data.
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