Cambridge Labour Party leaks data of it's members
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The Cambridge Constituency Labour Party (CLP) has caused a data breach through unintended disclosure of personal details of nearly 2,000 of its members. This incident occurred when an email, containing sensitive information, was mistakenly sent by the party's secretary to a subset of the CLP members. The email included an attachment listing 1,942 names along with corresponding personal data.
The compromised information encompassed
- member names
- member postcodes
- member phone numbers.
- CLP's annual report,
- various campaign-related documents.
The number of recipients who received the leaked data remain uncertain. The breach also included the
The CLP has asked those who received the email to delete it and the attached file from their systems. The CLP also sent another email to the CLP members, acknowledging the breach and informing them that the incident is reported both to the party's regional office and the central Labour Party's IT team.
