Government allowed gambling firms to have illegal access to millions of schoolchildren data
A gambling app provide live updates during a football match
THE government gave gambling firms illegal access to data on millions of schoolchildren in a woeful breach of data protection laws, a damning report revealed today.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has lambasted the Department of Education (DfE), blaming its poor due diligence for the breach of data protection.
Ministers were told to get a grip by the National Education Union (NEU).
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