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30 July 2010

ICO issues guidance on SCR opt-outs

GPs must inform their patients before carrying out a blanket opt-out of all their patients from the Summary Care Record,
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16 June 2010

NHS has much to do on data security

The NHS has much to do on data security and is still making ā€œfar too manyā€ mistakes in securing patientsā€™
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1 June 2010

NHS tops ICO list of data breaches

The NHS has been the source of almost a third of the data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office
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25 January 2010

Southampton rapped by ICO

Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS organisation to be rapped for breaching the Data Protection Act. Chief
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14 January 2010

ICO spells out Ā£500,000 penalty plans

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued guidance on how it will use its new powers to impose penalties of up
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13 November 2009

ICO could fine trusts up to Ā£500k

The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation into whether the Information Commissioner’s Office should be able to penalise organisations
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28 October 2009

Trust loses cancer patient data

Ashford and St Peterā€™s Hospitals NHS Trust has been criticised by the Information Commissioner for losing three unencrypted USB sticks
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20 October 2009

Private medical records offered for sale

Medical records of patients treated at a private British hospital, The London Clinic, have been illegally sold to undercover investigators.
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21 September 2009

GPs warned about fake DPA agencies

GP practices have been warned to look out for bogus data protection firms posing as official government bodies. Londonwide Local
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16 September 2009

Two Scottish NHS bodies rapped by ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office has told two different Scottish NHS bodies they must tighten data security after a series of
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