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28 November 2008

NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches

Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper
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6 October 2008

GP seeks urgent response on SCR legality

A GP who is seeking publication of the Department of Health’s legal advice on plans for the Summary Care Record
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5 August 2008

Doctors complain about rating website

Doctors have complained to the Information Commissioner about the doctors’ rating website iwantgreatcare.org. The site www.iwantgreatcare.org was launched last month
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13 May 2008

Tough new laws on data breaches

MPs have passed legislation giving the Information Commissioner the power to impose substantial fines on organisations that deliberately or recklessly
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24 April 2008

Over 10 NHS security breaches in last 6 months

The NHS has reported more than ten data security breaches to the Information Commissioner in the six months since the
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20 December 2007

DH found guilty on MTAS data protection breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office has found the Department of Health in breach of the Data Protection Act following an investigation
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20 November 2007

Losing patient data may become a crime

The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according
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27 November 2006

Plans for children’s databases criticised

Government plans for children’s databases could end up putting children at increased risk by diverting resources away from frontline services
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18 July 2006

Warning on good practice in data sharing

The Information Commissioner (IC) has issued a warning to the government and other public bodies to share data properly or
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