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16/09/2022

It is reported that 5,000 radiology images taken at University Hospitals Dorset were accidentally deleted. This occurred during their process of archiving on or around July/August this year. Find out more in our latest blog:

It is reported that 5,000 radiology images taken at University Hospitals Dorset were accidentally deleted. This occurred during their process of archiving on or around July/August this year. The lost data includes: 214 clinical mammograms ( X-Rays to test for breast cancer) test or duplicate images....

02/09/2022

On 3 August 2022 a former health adviser employed by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, pleaded guilty at Coventry Magistrates’ Court to unlawfully accessing patient records. Read more here:

On 3 August 2022, Christopher O’Brien, a former health adviser employed by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, pleaded guilty at Coventry Magistrates’ Court to unlawfully accessing patient records. What data has been breached and how? Between June and December 2019, he accessed the medical ...

12/08/2022

City College Norwich revealed that the information of hundreds of applicants has been breached when their details were sent by email to a parent by mistake.

City College Norwich revealed that the information of hundreds of applicants has been breached. This ocurred when their details were sent by email to a parent by mistake. The breach occurred in August 2021, while the parent of an applicant was corresponding with the college by email. The parent was....

27/07/2022

The NHS, your GP or any other organisation handling special category data must process this data lawfully, fairly and transparently and in accordance with both Article 6 and Article 9 UKGDPR.

Read more in our latest blog:

Healthcare services across the United Kingdom process the most sensitive data of millions of people. Medical information is classed as special category data, which needs more protection because it is sensitive. This means that the NHS, your GP or any other organisation handling special category data...

30/05/2022

Bedfordshire Council (“the Council”) has been severely criticised for breaching the data of 100 people with special educational needs (“SEND”). The data breach seems to have happened on Monday 11 May 2022, when the Council was responding to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Bedfordshire Council (“the Council”) has been severely criticised for breaching the data of 100 people with special educational needs (“SEND”). The data breach seems to have happened on Monday 11 May 2022, when the Council was responding to a Freedom of Information Act request. The informati...

18/03/2022

Needless to say, it is of outmost importance that staff working for organisations handling people’s personal data are appropriately trained in data protection and privacy compliance.
Read more about a data breach of vaccine trial participants here:

03/03/2022

Personal sensitive information of tens of thousands of people has been breached by PSL Print Management, a firm working with the NHS.
Read more about this in our latest blog:

Personal sensitive information of tens of thousands of people has been breached by PSL Print Management. PSL is a consultancy firm working with the NHS. The company who is based in Preston is earning millions from payments from the NHS, according to the

25/02/2022

Read more about the data breach at Greensward Academy on our latest blog:

Sensitive information about pupils was leaked to parents and students following a data breach at Greensward Academy, in Hockley, Essex. A teacher at the school accidentally shared a mock examinations timetable via Google Classroom, unaware that the document also contained sensitive information. The....

20/02/2022

An unlocked cabinet, which contained patients’ confidential files was left outside Priory Medical Centre in Warwick.
You can find out more in our latest blog:

Priory Medical Centre in Warwick closed its medical centre in June 2021. And they relocated to a new surgery with the same name. But outside the unused surgery, they left an unlocked cabinet, which contained patients’ confidential files. The abandoned files contained confidential information about...

28/10/2021

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