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UK's ICO made no calculations in decision not to enforce following Afghan breach

By Frank Hersey ( September 15, 2025, 16:05 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office did not calculate the resources used when it used resource allocation as a reason not to pursue investigation or enforcement of the Ministry of Defence’s breach of the personal data of nearly 19,000 Afghan nationals, the watchdog has told MLex in a response to a records request.The UK data protection watchdog did not make any calculations about the resources it had already used in supporting the Ministry of Defence’s own investigation of its breach of the personal data of nearly 19,000 Afghan nationals nor the potential resource required for a full investigation and enforcement, when it decided not to pursue the incident further....

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