The High Court in Bangura v Loughborough University [2016] EWHC 1503 (QB) ruled 19 May that Loughborough University acted lawfully under the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) in supplying Leicestershire Police with the registration form of a student suspected of sexual assault and rape. In contravention of the university’s data protection policy, the registration form

Higher education institutions are increasingly targets of data breaches due to the vast amount of private information, including educational, medical and employee data, they maintain.  It is no longer a question of if a data breach will occur, but when.  Academic institutions can take certain measures to minimize exposure in the event of a breach,