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4 April 2017

ICO launches new resources to help prevent data breaches

The Information Commissioner's Office has created a new set of online tools in reaction to concerning finds from health data
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27 March 2017

Hester hits back over TPP patient data security concerns

TPP founder Frank Hester has waded defiantly into the growing controversy about how his company shares patients GP records across
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Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning
21 March 2017

ICO moves to calm controversy over TTP patient data sharing

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says thousands of GPs should not switch off "enhanced" information sharing, despite ongoing concerns.
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Google Deepmind
9 March 2017

Google’s DeepMind building health data audit tool to counter transparency fears

Google's DeepMind Health is creating a new data audit infrastructure that allows trusts to see how their data is being
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8 March 2017

ICO investigating GP system supplier TPP over ‘data protection compliance concerns’

Thousands of patients are being warned their GP electronic records may not be secure, amid an ongoing ICO investigation into
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28 February 2017

London Hospital fined £200,000 over fertility data breach

The Information Commissioner's Officer fined HCA International after its patients confidential fertility data was found freely available online.
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5 January 2017

Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise

Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
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6 December 2016

NHS Digital sees off patient privacy challenge

NHS Digital has seen off a challenge to the way its anonymises millions of patients’ data, with a verdict finding
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Information Commissioner's Office
25 August 2016

N Irish nursing home fined £15k over data breach

A Northern Irish nursing home has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect the sensitive data
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Google DeepMind
17 May 2016

ICO ‘aware’ of Google DeepMind and Royal Free app concerns

The Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed that it is “aware” of concerns about a trust’s collaboration with Google DeepMind on
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