BCS and ICO join Coroners protest
The British Computer Society and the Information Commissioner’s Office have joined the growing swell of concern about the data sharing provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill. The BCS says it is concerned that the Bill, which is now making its way through Parliament, “runs counter to the intentions and provisions of the Data Protection […]
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Another PCT rapped over data loss
The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against another NHS body for a breach of the Data Protection Act. Hastings and Rother Primary Care Trust has become the eighth health service organisation since November and the second PCT this month to be asked to sign a formal undertaking to comply with the DPA following […]
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Brent PCT rapped over data loss
A third English NHS Trust in the space of a month has been required to take enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Two NHS trusts rapped over data losses
The Information Commisioner’s Office has taken enforecment action against two NHS trusts for data losses that placed them in breach of the Data Protection Act. The ICO found Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust were both in breach of the DPA for failing to secure patient […]
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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 records at abandoned hospitals. NHS Tayside and NHS Lanarkshire have been ordered to sign an agreement to comply with the Data Protection Act (DPA) or face possible future prosecution. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found […]
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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 (SCR) has told the Information Commissioner (IC) he needs an urgent response to his request. Dr Paul Thornton, a GP in Warwickshire, lodged a Freedom of Information Act appeal with the Information Commissioner in May […]
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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 to enable patients to post comments about individual GPs and patients. However doctors have complained that the site is in breach of the Data Protection Act by including their names on its database and refusing […]
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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 commit serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
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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 lost of 25m child benefit records. The Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has revealed that his office has been notified of almost 100 data breaches by public, private and third sector organisations since the security breach […]
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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 into a security breach in the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) website, and warns the department faces potential prosecution. The ICO yesterday warned the DH of possible future prosecutions following the May security breach on […]
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