The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) brought a case against Michelle Shipsey, employed by the former Dorset County Council, after an internal investigation found she had inappropriately accessed confidential information.
It followed a complaint that Shipsey had discussed information about service users with parents at their children’s school.
The ICO said the social care records related to four individuals known to Shipsey.
Appearing before Poole Magistrates’ Court on 2 December, Shipsey admitted one offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data in breach of section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Shipsey was sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay costs of £700 as well as a victim surcharge of £20.
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