By John Leyden, 5 Dec 2014
UK data breaches are increasingly being traced back to human error, despite the growing emphasis on data protection.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to data privacy watchdogs at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) revealed that a quarter of reported data breaches during the first three months of 2014 were caused by the accidental loss or destruction of personal data.
These figures are up from 15 per cent for the second half of 2013, according to encryption services provider Egress Software Technologies.
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