Home Office reprimanded after sensitive counter-terror documents left at venue
The Home Office has been reprimanded by a watchdog after sensitive counter-terrorism documents were left at a London venue.
The documents, which were handed to the police in September last year after being found by venue staff, included two reports from the Government department’s extremism analysis unit and a counter-terrorism policing report.
Both contained personal data, including that of Metropolitan Police staff, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said.
The watchdog found the Home Office “failed to ensure an appropriate level of security of personal data” and for documents classified as “official sensitive”, so issued Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the department’s