North Somerset Council says it takes it's data security responsibilities very seriously - after being fined when staff sent "highly sensitive" personal information to the wrong recipients.

The Information Commissioner's Office has hit the authority with a sixty-thousand pound penalty, after five emails, two including a child's serious case review, went to the wrong NHS employee - but the council says they'll pay the fine early, reducing it by twenty percent.

They reported the data loss to the ICO themselves - and say disciplinary action's been taken and training's been improved.