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5 May 2016

Blackpool Hospitals fined for publishing staff details

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been fined Ā£185,000 for publishing details of thousands of staff online.
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5 May 2016

Cyber security is critical to the future of the NHS

Jon Hoeksma explains why Digital Health News has launched a Cyber Security Hub; and why the NHS needs to wake
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Information Commissioner's Office
7 January 2016

ICO warns Alzheimer’s Society

The Alzheimerā€™s Society faces potential prosecution for failing to protect sensitive personal data if it fails to comply with a
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Information Commissioner's Office
6 January 2016

ICO fines HIV treatment centre Ā£250

A specialist HIV treatment centre has been fined Ā£250 by the Information Commissionerā€™s Office after it revealed the identities of
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24 November 2015

Patient opt-outs actioned by January

Around 700,000 patients who objected to having their identifiable data shared with third parties will have their wishes recognised by
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Information Commissioner's Office
21 October 2015

Pharmacy fined for selling patient data

An online pharmacy part-owned by Emis Health faces a Ā£130,000 fine after it sold customer details to a direct marketing
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Information Commissioner's Office
14 October 2015

Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’

GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to
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2 September 2015

56 Dean Street in email data breach

The Information Commissionerā€™s Office is looking into an ā€œincidentā€ involving the innovative 56 Dean Street clinic in Londonā€™s Soho, which
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18 November 2014

Data breaches ‘should lead to jail time’

Leading privacy watchdog Big Brother Watch has called for tougher penalties for breaches of the Data Protection Act, arguing that
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3 October 2014

GPs practices can opt out of care.data

GP practices could take an ā€œopt-out by defaultā€ stance to the care.data programme without breaching the Data Protection Act, the
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