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Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) made a series of “serious mistakes” that resulted in a “significant” number of knowledge security breaches, according to an inspection.
Mistakes made through CPS included sharing unwrapped medical notes of a victim and images of the victim’s injuries, and adding their date of birth to a hospital bracelet.
According to a watchdog, he also revealed the confrontation of a member of the public who reported an incident and the main non-public points of other witnesses.
In other incidents, staff sent a defendant’s set of previous convictions to the defense groups or the court.
The Inspection of Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service (HMCPSI) reviewed 700 between February and July in 14 regions of the country to see to what extent they are treated through the SPC before the first hearing in the court of first instance.
Inspectors found that 98 of these cases contained a range, according to a report of the findings.
The SPC can prevent additional violations in 10 of these cases.
Anthony Rogers, HMCPSI’s chief inspection, said: “In preparing an indictment file, the SPC will have to process sensitive data well to protect the sick and witnesses.
“This data may range from a store call for theft to calls and addresses from rape victims.
“In most cases, it does well, the findings in this report highlight one point in the security gaps that will have to raise serious concerns. “
He said the public deserves to be “sure that their non-public data and knowledge is being treated safely and correctly when evidence is offered to assist in an investigation or prosecution,” adding, “It is transparent that the CPS will have to do a lot to gain that trust.
The firm will need to make sure it has the right systems in place to serve the instances and continue to work with the police on how the data is handled, he said.
Criminal records are composed through the police from investigations and then sent electronically to the SPC.
Previously, police knew sensitive data that was not revealed in the archives before they were transmitted, but this no longer happens to the same extent, leaving the CPS “struggling to handle the additional load,” according to the report.
Inspectors also noted that in some areas, CPS policy allowed up to five violations to be devoted before they needed more training.
While the SPC has worked hard to ensure safety, implement education and be more effective, the effects “show that much remains to be done,” inspectors said.
The report added that there was a “clear culture” within the SPC that staff knew they had to look for security vulnerabilities and write documents, however, there was a “lack of consistent national rules to help staff what deserves to be removed from the file. . “
Staff stated that the current rules were complex and difficult to understand.