Find a darkened room, go in, lock the door and pray!
I would guess if appropriate measures were in place and failed, there
would be little likelihood of enforcement, after all, there is only so
much one can do and I would expect IM to have taken far greater steps
than most.
In terms of the loss, I would have expected data controllers will have
carried out a risk assessment prior to storage and planned a disaster
recovery strategy (or am I being to... err... whatever the word/phrase
is).
Compensation is subjective to the individual loss, I would not wish to
presume how the losers will react.
The information lost may require recovery from other sources, if they
exist. If not and presuming the data had value (otherwise why keep it)
then the insurance mechanisms should kick in to enable recovery.
Paul
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tinsley, Chris
Sent: 14 July 2006 11:07
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Subject: [data-protection] FW: Iron Mountain fire
I thought the list might be interested in this from the Records
Management list.
There are going to be Principle 7 issues (amongst many others) related
to accidental loss, informing clients etc.
What do you do in a situation when vast amounts of sensitive client data
have been destroyed forever?
Compensation?
Chris Tinsley
Wiltshire County Council
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fraser
Marshall
Sent: 14 July 2006 10:21
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Subject: Re: Iron Mountain fire
Since Tower Hamlets have apparently lost 6,000 odd boxes in this little
conflagration, of which roughly 10% of which may be legal files and 10%
may
be Social Services files (we won't know for sure until next week when
they
can audit what's been lost), I think it's probably fair to say that
Tower
Hamlets are a little more concerned than they appear to be, yes. We're
trying to assess the impact on business continuity as we speak.
Additionally, I keep wondering when 'Oh, by the way, we've had a
flippin'
enormous fire and lost 1.8m boxes of records, just thought we'd mention
it'
might appear on http://www.ironmountain.co.uk/uk/news_events/index.asp.
I'd
have thought that was quite newsworthy myself.
Cheers,
Fraser
Fraser Marshall
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Chief Executives Department
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Phone: 0207 364 4055
email: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
London E14 2BG
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Good to know that Iron Mountain Company "do not expect that
this event will be material to our consolidated results of operations
or financial condition" I wonder if those companies who have lost their
records are feeling so sanguine
Claire
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