Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has called on the Health Service Executive to make improving the security of its systems for transferring patient data a top priority. Click here to read the full report In his annual report for 2009, Mr Hawkes also expressed concern at, what he called, ‘the reluctance of some State bodies…
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Taxman rakes in hundreds of millions thanks to stolen bank data
Germany is still raking in hundreds of millions of euros from tax dodgers thanks to stolen Liechtenstein bank information purchased in 2008, just as new Swiss data is scaring droves of offenders to turn themselves in. According to daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, some €626 million in back taxes have flowed into government coffers due to voluntary…
The Supreme Court confirms a penalty of 361,208 euros on Iberia for losing passengers’ personal data
The English seems a bit awkward, but the message seems clear. It seems like it took this incident over seven years to get to Spain’s Supreme Court. The Supreme Court confirms a penalty of 361,208 euros on Iberia for losing passengers’ personal data The Supreme Court has confirmed a penalty of 361,208 euros Iberia imposed…
Stolen council laptops contained sensitive information on pupils
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Warwickshire County Council in breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA) following the theft of two laptops and the loss of a memory stick. The laptops, which were unencrypted and not physically secured or locked away, were stolen from council offices. They held sensitive personal information relating to…
Personal details sent to the wrong family in data security breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found The Highland Council to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after personal data relating to several members of one family was inadvertently disclosed to another unrelated individual. The data contained sensitive information including data relating to the physical and mental health of individuals. The incident occurred…
Barnet Council loses thousands of children’s personal files
From an editorial in Ham&High in the UK: Personal details of 9,000 school pupils in Barnet have been stolen from the home of a council employee, bosses have announced. In breach of the council’s policy the employee took home 20 unauthorised and unencrypted CDs and memory sticks full of the children’s details including names, dates…