August 26, 2010
NHS Trust found guilty of data breach
ICO slams Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust after it loses patient records.
Yet another NHS Trust has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA) after it lost sensitive patient records stored on an unencrypted CD.
Data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) explained that the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust lost a CD containing over 100 records from the Intensive Care Unit of New Cross Hospital’s Heart and Lung Unit.
The CD, which was unencrypted with no password protection, was found at a bus stop near the hospital.
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