"A UK councillor has dubbed her local authority's data breach "crazy" after the personal details of individuals behind a series of complaints were revealed to her. Dulcie Tudor, an independent councillor for the Threemilestone and Chacewater area in Cornwall, England, publicized the data protection gaffe via social media following complaints about comments she made during a November council meeting. Cllr Tudor received ten complaints after asking fellow councillor Leigh Knight whether a trans woman was a real woman."
"That ruling came after the For Women Scotland campaign group appealed against the Scottish government's decision to add transgender women to board representation quotas, arguing that such protections should apply only to a person's sex as they were born. The Supreme Court ruled that the definition was as described in the Equality Act 2010 that a person's gender should legally be designated by their birth sex."
Dulcie Tudor, an independent councillor in Cornwall, publicized a data protection error after receiving ten complaints about remarks made during a November council meeting. Tudor had questioned whether a trans woman was a real woman, prompting the complaints. The meeting referenced the UK Supreme Court's April 2025 ruling that legally defines a woman by biological sex, reflecting an appeal by For Women Scotland over transgender women on board quotas. The Equality Act 2010 still protects trans people from discrimination but may complicate access to same-sex spaces. The council forwarded all ten complaints including names, addresses, emails and phone numbers, despite four redactions and usual privacy norms.
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