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The Electoral Services department of Wandsworth Council was at the center of a massive data protection scandal after the private details of tens of thousands of London residents were accidentally leaked by their council via email to the wrong recipients.
The emails were intended to inform residents of their nearest polling station ahead of May’s local elections following changes in ward boundaries. However, 43,000 voters – representing nearly 13% of local residents – received names, addresses, and voting instructions for people other than those in their households.
The council apologized but tried to play down the mistake, saying that “there was a problem with the data merge” and that no electoral fraud could result. However, a follow-up email requested the recipient to delete the erroneously sent email and explained that any of the information accidentally leaked was already available for viewing in the public domain if people decided to visit the electoral register.
“We would like to reassure residents that the information contained in these emails is all publicly available in the borough’s electoral register,
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