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UK: Council worker who snooped on records handed a suspended sentence

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Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2026-07-27

Date Updated: 2026-07-27

Author: Dissent

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A Herefordshire Council employee, Geoffrey Smith, unlawfully accessed about 490 personal records and downloaded 94 documents (including medical records, social worker reports and child/family assessments) over four days; he pleaded guilty under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and received a suspended sentence, community work, and fines.

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