Thursday, 3 February 2011

Minister resigns over email data breach



Deputy Power who has resigned as Housing Minister

HOUSING Minister Sean Power has resigned after being found to have broken the Data Protection Law by sending a confidential and personal email to a States colleague on to a third party.

Deputy Power – who has held the post of Housing Minister for just over six months – was told to quit or be sacked by the Council of Ministers yesterday lunchtime after being ruled to have broken the law by the Data Protection Commission.

This morning, Deputy Power said: ‘I have put my hand up and made a mistake and been slapped down by the Council of Ministers.’

Minister resigns over email data breach