The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office fined the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse 200,000 GBP for sending a bulk email that identified possible victims of non-recent child sexual abuse. The fine follows 22 complaints made to ICO after an IICSA staff member mistakenly placed email addresses in the "to" field rather than the "bcc" field when sending an email notice to participants. In sending the email, IICSA made it possible for recipients to identify 52 people whose full names were attached to their email addresses. IICSA has since apologized to the affected individuals.
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