The Scottish Court Service breached the Data Protection Act by failing to take sufficient steps to prevent court documents containing sensitive personal details being accidentally disposed of at a local recycling bank in Glasgow, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. The Chief Executive of the Scottish Court Service, has signed a formal undertaking to ensure that all staff are aware of the service’s policy for the storage, use and disclosure or sharing of personal data. All staff will be appropriately trained and all parties involved in the sharing of data must sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding with the service. Once again a reminder to institutions to revisit their practice and proceedures with regard to management and disposal of records that contain personal data. The Code of Practice under section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act sets out recommended good practice in keeping, managing and disposing of records. It can be accessed here - http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/docs/foi-section-46-code-of-practice.pdf.