The British government accidentally published addresses of New Year’s Honours, 2020, online. The New Year Honours 2020 list, in which Britain acknowledge its film-directing and cricketing stars, with a damehood for Olivia Newton-John and knighthoods for Sam Mendes, Steve McQueen and cricketer Clive Lloyd, was published late on Friday.
According to BBC, the first version posted online was visible for around an hour and contained the home/work addresses of more than 1,000 recipients including the address details of singer Sir Elton John.
The office of the Cabinet stated that the data was uploaded mistakingly in error.
The Cabinet office stated that they apologise to all those affected and are looking into how this happened, also the issue have been reported to Information Commissioner’s Office.
The honours list is released twice a year, g once on Queen’s birthday in June and at the end of the year. This list along with other singnificant awards is released by the Cabinet Office.
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