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NHS Scotland
13 July 2026

More than 5,000 NHS Scotland data breaches since 2023

More than 5,000 data breaches have been recorded across NHS Scotland health boards since January 2023, according to a FOI
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Coffee Time Briefing
19 May 2026

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's briefing features a blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier and an AI-imaging software platform to treat lung disease.
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27 March 2025

Reduced fine of ÂŁ3m imposed on Advanced following cyber attack

The ICO has reduced Advanced’s fine to £3.07 million for security failures that exposed the personal data of nearly 80,000
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7 August 2024

Advanced fined ÂŁ6m over stolen patient data in 2022 cyber attack

The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £6.09m fine on Advanced for failing to protect personal information during a cyber
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ICO guidance data transparency
22 April 2024

ICO guidance on transparency published for health and care sector

New guidance has been issued by ICO over how health and care organisations should be transparent over the use of
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1 August 2023

ICO reprimands NHS Lanarkshire for sharing patient data via WhatsApp

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Lanarkshire following the use of WhatsApp by staff to
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Cyber Protection
20 July 2021

Transgender charity Mermaids fined ÂŁ25k for data protection breach

The transgender charity has been fined £25,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to keep the personal data
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data breach
9 September 2019

London gender identity clinic investigating ‘data security incident’

A statement from Tavistock and Portman confirmed that “due to an error”, an email regarding an upcoming art project exposed
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26 November 2018

Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police

According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of
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9 February 2018

WhatsApp doc: Legal and practical perspectives of using mobile messaging

With GDPR coming into force in Spring 2018, our guest columnists explore the legal and practical implications of using mobile
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