“The regularity of breaches is worrying, particularly when you consider the fact child data was involved in 658 cases. In the US there is a legal requirement to state if public authorities suffer data breaches : this is not quite the case in the UK , so it is disturbing to discover that between April 2001 and April 2014 the UK 's local government bodies suffered at least 4,236 data breaches according to this report by Big Brother Watch . In two - thirds of the cases no disciplinary action of any kind was taken , and in only one case did the breach result in a court case .
In the US there is a legal requirement to state if public authorities suffer data breaches : this is not quite the case in the UK , so it is disturbing to discover that between April 2001 and April 2014 the UK 's local government bodies suffered at least 4,236 data breaches according to this report by Big Brother Watch . In two - thirds of the cases no disciplinary action of any kind was taken , and in only one case did the breach result in a court case .