Data breaches

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12 January 2009

Prison health records on lost memory stick

An NHS worker lost a memory stick with the password attached containing patient information on over 6,000 prisoners. Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust said
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31 December 2008

Here is the news: for 2009

The NHS will not be immune from the impact of the credit crunch and this will force policy makers and
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27 November 2008

Lib Dems demand tougher data protection

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on
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19 November 2008

Left to their own devices?

An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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19 May 2008

McAfee wins contract for NHS data encryption

NHS Connecting for Health has selected security software specialist McAfee to provide solutions for endpoint desktop encryption and port control,
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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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