Hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked with UK troops have had their lives, potentially, put at risk because an email was sent without using the BCC option.

A simple easy to make mistake you may say but one has to question the quality of the GDPR training in place. Avoiding mistakes like this is essential if breaches of the GDPR are to be avoided.

Unfortunately GDPR beaches are common, over 30,000 have been reported to the ICO and most are down to human errors and easily avoided mistakes.

It is essential that all organisations have robust annual training in place. The consequences and fines make robust training a high value solution.