Firm fined after '˜losing' computer device containing 60,000 customers' bank details
An insurance firm has been fined £150,000 after a computer device containing the names, addresses and bank details of nearly 60,000 customers was stolen from its Horsham offices.
The fine was imposed on Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance - based with its subsidiary firm More Th>N at St Mark’s Court in Chart Way, Horsham - by the Information Commissioner’s Office which oversees data privacy.
The ICO said that the portable computer device was stolen by either a member of staff or a contractor who was given access to a a data server room at the Horsham offices.
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