The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Has Played down Security Breaches and Says Confidential Information Was Not at Risk after a Door

By Stephen Naysmith
Herald Scotland
November 30, 2016

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Representatives of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry have rejected claims that security lapses have undermined its work.

After a newspaper reported that a door at the inquiry had been left unlocked, potentially allowing access to confidential files, a spokesman denied there had been any risk of access to such files, adding that "rigorous security measures" were always in place.

Reports also stated that details of data protection errors had been sent to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), including one in which a letter about evidence given by an abuse victim was sent to the wrong address and another in which confidential information was sent to a former panel member, even though he had left the inquiry team.