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Reduced fine of £3m imposed on Advanced following cyber attack

The ICO has reduced Advanced’s fine to Ā£3.07 million for security failures that exposed the personal data of nearly 80,000
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā˜•

Today's briefing includes $6.9 million seed funding for Ignota Labs and the launch of Badger Notes at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS
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New data laws will allow patient data to be shared across the NHS

A new bill which will allow patients’ data to be easily transferable across the NHS has been introduced to Parliament.
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Advanced fined £6m over stolen patient data in 2022 cyber attack

The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a Ā£6.09m fine on Advanced for failing to protect personal information during a cyber
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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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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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Royal Society calls for adoption of Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Public sector institutions, like the NHS, are being encouraged to adopt Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) by the Royal Society to
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Transgender charity Mermaids fined £25k for data protection breach

The transgender charity has been fined Ā£25,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to keep the personal data
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PCS Speaker profile: Peter Brown on mordernising data protection laws

Peter Brown, a senior technology officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), will be speaking about data protection principles in
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TPP making changes to SystmOne to address data protection concerns

TPP has confirmed it is piloting new functionality in its SystmOne electronic patient record, with a view to addressing data
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