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Paul Givan says details of 407 people mistakenly sent out included names,
addresses and personal comments
The education minister in Northern Ireland has “unreservedly” apologised after
the personal details of more than 400 people who had offered to contribute to a
review of special education needs were breached.
The embarrassing data breach came to light on Thursday after the education
department said it had mistakenly sent to 174 people a spreadsheet attachment
that contained the names, email address and titles of 407 individuals who had
expressed an interest in attending the end-to-end review of special education
needs (SEN) events across Northern Ireland.
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