Security News > 2023 > February > Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data

A former employee of RAC, one of Britain's major roadside recovery service operators, has pleaded guilty to data theft after he stored traffic accident information on his personal device that was passed onto claims companies.

He admitted two counts of data theft last month, the UK data watchdog said.

The roadside assistance company reviewed ways that data could have been obtained and determined that Khan was the only one who had access to the data on the 21 crash victims.

Stephen Eckersley, ICO head of investigations, said in a statement: "Being involved in a road traffic accident can be deeply distressing - to then have this used and your data stolen as a result, adds insult to injury."

This is the second time an incident involving an RAC employees retaining road traffic accident data has gone to court.

In 2021, former staffer Kim Doyle pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computer data and selling RAC customer info to an accident claims management company.

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