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Wales: Patients’ Personal Data Lost on Unencrypted USB Stick
A search is underway for an unprotected memory stick containing personal information about thousands of NHS patients in Wales.
Continue reading...Hospital Loses 2,000 Patient Records
Friday, March 12, 2010
Stoke-on-Trent: An investigation has been launched into the disappearance of around 2,000 NHS patients' medical records.
Continue reading...Cambridgeshire: Confidential Patient Letters Go Astray
Monday, March 8, 2010
NHS IT body, Connecting for Health, has apologised for accidentally exposing patients' confidential details in a mailshot designed to reassure them about the security of their medical records.
Continue reading...Wigan: Patients’ Details ‘Found in Alley’
Monday, February 22, 2010
An inquiry is underway after a set of doctors' diaries was reportedly found dumped near to a former health centre.
Continue reading...DWP: Medical Details Released to Wrong Person
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Department for Work and Pensions apologises after a mix-up sees sensitive personal information posted to the wrong address.
Continue reading...NHS Trust: Virus Attack Disrupts Services
Friday, February 19, 2010
Virus attack forces West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust to return to pen and paper processes.
Continue reading...NHS Leeds: Conficker Virus Infects Servers
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
NHS Leeds has been struck by the Conficker virus with a number of servers affected.
Continue reading...NHS Foundation Trust: Conficker Virus Strikes 85 Computers
Monday, February 8, 2010
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has suffered a computer virus infection which spread to 85 computers - three per cent of the Trust's PCs.
Continue reading...North Devon: Hospital Reports Patient Data Losses
Friday, February 5, 2010
North Devon NHS Healthcare Trust recorded 18 incidents of personal data loss during 2009, according to information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Continue reading...ICO Criticises NHS Trust Over Patient Data Loss
Friday, January 22, 2010
Southampton University NHS Hospitals Trust has been ordered to improve data security following a theft of laptop containing approximately 33,000 patient records.
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- Serious Data Breach at Gwent Police
- Council Data Error: 6,600 Pensioners’ Details Exposed
- Wales: Patients’ Personal Data Lost on Unencrypted USB Stick
- Barnet Council Loses Personal Data of 9,000 Students
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Children’s Details on Lost USB Stick
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- Confidential Council Papers Found in Wheelie Bin
- Hospital Loses 2,000 Patient Records
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- Cambridgeshire: Confidential Patient Letters Go Astray
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