Disabled former policemen and women in Northern Ireland are to receive undisclosed damages for an alleged data breach, their lawyer revealed today.
Financial settlements were reached in legal action against the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Proceedings related to an investigation by the Commission into the workings of the Disabled Police Officers’ Association back in 2014. No admission of liability was made as part of the resolution at a court in Lisburn.
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Source: Belfast Telegraph
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