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South Wales Argus
a day ago
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- South Wales Argus
Survey responses to shape Monmouthshire council services
The feedback was gathered through Monmouthshire County Council's latest residents' survey, carried out in autumn 2024, which asked about everyday life, satisfaction with council services and areas for improvement. A total of 1,465 responses were received. The survey, hosted by Data Cymru, formed part of the National Residents Survey to help councils better understand public perceptions and performance. Councillor Angela Sandles, Monmouthshire County Council's cabinet member for equalities and engagement, said: "Thank you to all the residents who took the time to complete the survey. "Your feedback allows us to better understand what you find the council is doing well and what we need to do to improve our services. "We are committed to engaging with and listening to residents across Monmouthshire." In January 2025, the council launched Let's Talk Monmouthshire, a new engagement platform designed to serve as a central hub for consultations, discussions and other engagement activities. The scheme includes face-to-face events, forums, people's panels and printed materials, aiming to make engagement accessible to all residents and partners. Ms Sandles said: "It's been fantastic to see the number of people registered on Let's Talk Monmouthshire increasing weekly. "By registering, you'll be updated with all the latest opportunities to provide the council feedback through surveys, polls and discussion boards."
Wales Online
03-06-2025
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- Wales Online
Cardiff Council admits responsibility for data breach that led to parents' email addresses being leaked
Cardiff Council admits responsibility for data breach that led to parents' email addresses being leaked The data breach, which was caused by a human error, led to parents' email addresses being leaked Cardiff Council admitted responsibility for a data breach that led to email addresses being leaked (Image: PA ) Cardiff Council admitted responsibility for a data breach that led to the email addresses of parents being leaked. Parents in Cardiff who are eligible for Childcare Offer for Wales funding received an email from the council in May ahead of the summer half term. The local authority said that an error caused all recipients of the email to be copied into the 'to' field instead of the 'bcc' (blind carbon copy) field. Later that same day a follow-up email was sent to all the recipients to apologise for the error and to ask them to delete the original email. A Cardiff Council spokesman said: "Cardiff Council is aware that a data breach occurred on May 15 this year. "The breach resulted from human error and Cardiff Council's reporting procedures were followed promptly and appropriately in line with data protection protocols. "Cardiff Council remains committed to continuous improvement in data handling practices and staff awareness to prevent recurrence." The Childcare Offer for Wales aims to help parents with childcare costs and eligible parents can claim up to 30 hours of early education and childcare a week for up to 48 weeks a year. Article continues below Local authorities in Wales are responsible for implementing the scheme in their areas. For more Cardiff stories, sign up to our newsletters here. Cardiff Council's recall email to recipients following the data breach on May 15 was sent out at 4.33pm. It read: "You will have received an email... on 15/05/2025 at 10:05am titled 'Childcare Offer Funding: Holiday Periods | Cyllid Cynnig Gofal Plant: Cynodau Gwyliau'. "The content of this email, which includes information on setting up an online funding agreement, is provided below. "We kindly request that you delete the original email due to an error that caused all recipients to be copied into the TO field instead of the Bcc field. "We sincerely apologise for this mistake and have taken measures to prevent such breaches in the future." A separate data breach involving Cardiff Council, which saw the details of vulnerable children the local authority looks after being compromised, was reported on in March. Read more about that here. Members of the council's governance and audit committee were told about the data breach by a council official at a meeting on Tuesday, March 25. The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands that the information was taken in a breach that affected Data Cymru. Article continues below At the time Data Cymru was asked for the type of data that was compromised, when the breach occurred, and what was done to resolve the issue. Cardiff Council was also given an opportunity to respond.
BBC News
27-03-2025
- BBC News
Cardiff: Vulnerable children's details at risk in data breach
Details of vulnerable children in Cardiff have been compromised due to a data breach, council documents have cybersecurity failure poses "a potential safeguarding risk to children" and relates to young people looked after by Cardiff council, according to the Local Democracy Reporting of Cardiff council's governance and audit committee were told about the data breach by a council official at a meeting on council and Data Cymru have been asked for comment. A council document stated "a failure in cyber security results in a data breach and therefore a potential safeguarding risk to children" and said the situation had been escalated in January of this council's director of children's services, Deborah Driffield, mentioned the data breach while presenting an update on risk management to committee said: "[There are] some issues around cyber security."We have had a data breach that we are currently managing and drawing up... new arrangements in relation to this world of people stealing data and sharing it on the dark web and trying to understand how we can mitigate against that."That is a fairly new area for us, but we have shared the risks there and certainly are working with the Welsh government and Data Cymru and all of the other… local authorities on that."The council document also stated work had taken place with the national cyber security team and risk assessments were being undertaken, with an action plan is under failure affected Data Cymru, which is a Welsh local government company with a board of directors elected by the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) that supports councils and their partners to collect data.
