Scotland Yard blunder reveals victims' email addresses The addresses of 1,136 victims were shared by the force after a survey was sent to those individuals asking them to comment on their experience of dealing with the Metropolitan Police. The email addresses, however, were placed in the wrong recipient box and the addresses of the other victims were visible to each individual. The emails were sent in seven batches of between 119 and 198 recipients in each batch. It means the maximum number of visible email addresses any individual was inadvertently shown was 197. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said that the survey was sent to victims of low-level crime such as common assault and theft. No sexual assault victims, who are granted automatic anonymity, had their identities compromised in the blunder, which happened on Monday. The spokesman said: "In total 1,136 emails were sent out in seven batches of between 119 and 198 recipients but because the addresses were put in the wrong box they were visible to the other recipients in the batch. No other personal details were revealed and we are contacting everyone affected to explain what happened and to apologise. We are also reviewing our processes in relation to surveys of this kind to minimise the risk of similar mistakes being made in the future and as a matter of course we have notified the Information Commissioner's Office.