A visitor to St Bernard’s Hospital found a list of patients scheduled to visit a particular doctor. The list was next to a rubbish bin in a public area of the hospital. The list included patients’ names, contact numbers, dates of birth… A complaint was lodged with the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority – and the Gibraltar…
Category: Health Data
Data of soldiers, patients found on P2P
The personal information of 200,000 soldiers and 20,245 hospital patients, along with other critical data from government networks, is being made to the public through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, according to testimony yesterday at a hearing of the House Government and Oversight Committee. The security breach included data like names, Social Security Numbers, addresses, illnesses, next…
UK: 2,000 hospital patients’ records stolen
Although there are a number of cases reported involving stolen laptops or computers out of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), I continue to be impressed at how many of the thefts involve data that were actually encrypted. It seems like a rarity here to hear that a stolen laptop was encrypted, but perhaps we…
UK: 2,000 hospital patients' records stolen
A laptop containing confidential information on 2,000 patients was stolen from Broomfield Hospital. The news has angered the Patients’ Association – a charity helping to give a voice to patients in their dealings with the NHS – amid concerns for the security of patient data held at hospitals. The computer, which had been through a…
Imperial breaches the DPA
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS organisation to be required to sign an undertaking not to breach the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The undertaking says six laptops were stolen in two burglaries at St Mary’s Hospital, one of which was unencrypted even though it held patient…
Imperial breaches the DPA
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS organisation to be required to sign an undertaking not to breach the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The undertaking says six laptops were stolen in two burglaries at St Mary’s Hospital, one of which was unencrypted even though it held patient details….