Brexit timescale means NHS should plan for EU data laws
Prime Minister Theresa May’s clarification of the Brexit timetable makes it increasingly likely that the NHS will need to comply with EU data laws that carry a 20 million Euro fine for breaches.
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ICO warns Alzheimer’s Society
The Alzheimer’s Society faces potential prosecution for failing to protect sensitive personal data if it fails to comply with a new enforcement notice from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’
GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Call to improve mHealth data protection
Greater efforts must be made to protect patient data collected by mobile devices, according to Europe’s data guardian.
Infrastructure
GPs practices can opt out of care.data
GP practices could take an “opt-out by default” stance to the care.data programme without breaching the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.
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EU rule makes research ‘impractical’
New data protection rules being proposed for the European Union would make conducting research using data in the EU “impractical”, the Department of Health says.
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Care.data publicity ‘not adequate’ – GPC
The practice-based publicity campaign around care.data is “not adequate” and wider awareness raising activities will take place before extractions begin, the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee says.
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NHS England gets £200,000 fine
NHS England has been issued with a £200,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a former primary care trust was found to have breached the Data Protection Act.
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ICO wants compulsory audits of NHS
The government is looking to make the NHS subject to compulsory data protection audits by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Brighton faces fine for drives on eBay
A Brighton trust may become the first NHS body to be fined by the ICO after a contractor that it paid to destroy hundreds of hard drives instead sold them on eBay.
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