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The Post Office has avoided a fine over a data breach that resulted in the mistaken online publication of the names and addresses of more than 500 post office operators it had been pursuing during the Horizon IT scandal.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded the Post Office over the breach which saw the company’s press office accidentally publish an unredacted version of a legal settlement document with the operators on its website.
The ICO said the data breach in June last year involving the release of names, home addresses and operator status of 502 out of the 555 people involved in the successful litigation action against the Post Office led by Sir Alan Bates had been “entirely preventable”.
“The people affected by this breach had already endured significant hardship and distress as a result of the IT scandal,” said Sally Anne Poole, the head of investigations at the ICO.
“They deserved much better than this. The postmasters have once again been let down by the Post Office. This data breach was entirely preventable and stemmed from a mistake that could have been avoided had the correct procedures been in place.”
The ICO said its investigation had found that the Post Office failed to implement appropriate “technical and organisational measures” to protect people’s information.
The data watchdog highlighted a lack of documented policies or quality assurance for publishing documents online, as well as “insufficient” staff training with “no specific guidance on information sensitivity or publishing practices”.
The ICO said it had initially considered imposing a fine of up to £1.09m but decided that the data breach did not reach the threshold of “egregious” under its approach to fining public-sector companies.
The Open Rights Group (ORG), a campaigning organisation, said the ICO’s determination that the data breach was not egregious was “ludicrous”.
“This reprimand is a go-ahead for public organisations in the UK to keep inflicting harm, knowing that the ICO will let them off the hook,” said Mariano delli Santi, a legal and policy officer at the ORG. “As reprimands lack the force of law, the Post Office can rest assured that they will not face consequences if they fail to address their shortcomings.”
Last June, the Post Office apologised for the data breach with Nick Read, then the chief executive, saying the leak was “a truly terrible error”.
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The former post office operator Christopher Head tweeted the text of a letter he had written to Read and Nigel Railton, the chair of the Post Office, in which he said that many of his colleagues “hadn’t shared details with their own families” at the time.
The Post Office settled the civil claim brought by 555 claimants for £57.75m over the wrongful prosecutions on faulty Horizon evidence – amounting to £12m after legal costs – without admitting liability, in December 2019.
Last May, hundreds of post office operators convicted on charges including false accounting, theft and fraud were exonerated by an unprecedented act of parliament.
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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® is redefining the future of mission-critical communications with the unveiling of its 5G Pixel Streaming Kit. This cutting-edge technology revolutionizes the delivery of immersive, interactive and data-rich content – including 3D and high-resolution visuals – to the warfighter, empowering them to make faster, more informed decisions.
5G Pixel Streaming Kit is a revolutionary, all-in-one private 5G networking solution that leverages advanced hardware and software technologies to live stream high-quality, interactive applications and content to edge compute devices, enabling unparalleled performance and user experience.
What the Experts are Saying:
“Just as video streaming has changed the way that we consume content at home, 5G pixel streaming is transforming the way we interact with software applications and consume digital data.” said Marc O’Brien, senior manager, Virtual Prototyping at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. “This new compute paradigm – all part of our 1LMX transformation – empowers and equips our business and customers to make more informed decisions that decrease cost, support delivery schedules and mitigate risk while improving quality.”
Why it Matters:
Enhanced security by streaming pixels versus downloading data to edge devices; no real data resides on edge devices.
Simplifies IT management and content change management through localized or cloud servers.
Increases data accessibility through a hardware and Operating System (OS) agnostic approach; any device, any OS, any configuration.
Improves user experience and provides more feature-rich capabilities where and when needed.
Enables a blended workforce skill set; doing more with less.
Opportunities for 5G Pixel Streaming can include indoor or outdoor operations, fixed or portable solutions, connected or disconnect operations and short or long range connectivity.
Where the Impact Lands:
Maintenance and repair
Manufacturing and assembly
Design and modeling
Field service
Training
Logistics and warehousing
This system focuses on content streaming for sustainment where advanced visualization capabilities are critical to supporting maintainers with Resilient Logistics in a Contested Environment (RLCE). One significant use-case for 5G Pixel Streaming technology is the support of the Multi-Capable Airman, where 5G Pixel Streaming enables Lockheed Martin’s “Maintainer as a Node” concept, by which a 5G connection streams all the information to the maintainer where, when and how they need it in a latency-critical environment.
This effort aligns with Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL® efforts by showcasing the value of 5G systems to enable advanced data-sharing applications, improving security, resiliency, interoperability and performance with a combination of commercial and government-driven technology.
Through our ongoing strategic collaboration with Hololight and HTC G REIGNS, we’ve validated key technology areas such as:
5G at the edge for latency critical interactions of complex visualization applications, such as augmented and virtual reality experiences.
Streaming of large, complex, high resolution, real-time 3D digital twin visualization content.
Streaming to edge compute devices, including tablets, mobile, Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) and more.
5G streaming kit hardware and software technology stack that emphasizes easy-to-use operation.
The 5G Pixel Streaming Kit is another example of how Lockheed Martin is transforming its approaches with urgency to deliver the speed, agility and insights our customers need to stay ahead of rapidly-evolving threats.
