What was the reaction of those two bodies fined by the Information Commissioner?

A county council that faxed details of a child sex abuse case to a member of the public is to be fined ￡ 100, 000 for breaching the Data Protection Act. (24) Hertfordshire County Council is one of the two bodies fined by the Information Commissioner—both have apologized. (25) Sheffield-based A4e was fined ￡ 60,000 for losing a laptop with the details of thousands of people. The commissioner said the fines—the first he has issued—would "send a strong message" to those handling data. Commissioner Christopher Graham was granted the authority to serve financial penalties for data protection breaches in April of this year. (26) Hertfordshire County Council was fined after two incidents where two faxes containing highly sensitive personal information involving a child sex abuse case and care proceedings were sent to the wrong recipients.