Bristol City Council has apologised after a data breach relating to Clean Air Zone applications. The incident - which saw around one hundred people's email addresses being disclosed in a mass send-out - has been referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Phil, from Brislington, was one of those people who was copied into the email last week. The dad said he submitted his application for a grant ages ago in case he was able to get some support towards a new car.
The resident said that, in their response saying he was not eligible for the CAZ's financial assistance scheme, Bristol City Council CCed in 95 other people. Straight away people started responding in the email chain to say that was a data breach, he continued, and later on that day they received an apology from the council.
