The ICO found that the use of WhatsApp and other messaging services in place of official government channels ran the risk of “important information around the government’s response to the pandemic being lost or insecurely handled.” This included protectively marked information being stored outside the DHSC’s servers. The DHSC, the ICO found, lacked appropriate “organizational or technical controls” to ensure that private correspondence channels had the right security and risk management measures in place.

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