Failings in the technical process of redacting sensitive material from documents before publishing on line resulted in the blacked out portions being visible if copied and pasted into another document. The Daily Telegraph report states that the information was being published in line with freedom of information legislation. Universities and colleges often have to redact certain information which is exempt from disclosure (e.g. personal data) when responding to an FOI request for information and this is a reminder for FOI officers to check that their technical processes will not result in inadvertent release of such information in breach of data protection laws.
The report and link to the Daily Telegraph is on the BBC website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13111781