Welsh environment regulator's FoI blunder exposes diversity data of 2,000 staff

Welsh environment regulator's FoI blunder exposes diversity data of 2,000 staff

NRW says it has found no evidence data was misused after spreadsheet published in error five years ago

Natural Resources Wales Exposes Sensitive Employee Data in Spreadsheet Breach

Natural Resources Wales has disclosed a personal data breach involving a spreadsheet containing sensitive diversity information belonging to former and current employees. The incident affected people employed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) between April 2013 and March 2018. The organization said the spreadsheet was inadvertently published online, making the information accessible before it was removed. […]

NRW data breach: staff diversity information published in error

Anyone who worked for Natural Resources Wales between April 2013 and March 2018 is being warned that their diversity monitoring information, which may have included ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation and Welsh language ability, was accidentally disclosed in a published spreadsheet. The environment body has apologised and reported itself to the ICO.

Natural Resources Wales Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Employee Diversity Data

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has reported a personal data breach involving sensitive diversity-monitoring information from both former and current employees. The breach affected individuals whom NRW employed between April 2013 and March 2018. An internal investigation revealed that a spreadsheet containing employee data was accidentally published online, making the information accessible before the issue was