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27 March 2025

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

The ICO has reduced Advancedā€™s fine to Ā£3.07 million for security failures that exposed the personal data of nearly 80,000
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Coffee Time Briefing
6 March 2025

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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24 October 2024

New data laws will allow patient data to be shared across the NHS

A new bill which will allow patientsā€™ data to be easily transferable across the NHS has been introduced to Parliament.
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7 August 2024

Advanced fined Ā£6m over stolen patient data in 2022 cyber attack

The Information Commissionerā€™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 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 Commissionerā€™s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Lanarkshire following the use of WhatsApp by staff to
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3 February 2023

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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Cyber Protection
20 July 2021

Transgender charity Mermaids fined Ā£25k for data protection breach

The transgender charity has been fined Ā£25,000 by the Information Commissionerā€™s Office (ICO) for failing to keep the personal data
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6 December 2017

PCS Speaker profile: Peter Brown on mordernising data protection laws

Peter Brown, a senior technology officer at the Information Commissionerā€™s Office (ICO), will be speaking about data protection principles in
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31 August 2017

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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