A London health authority has admitted losing a laptop which contains 8.6 million health records. The machine was lost three weeks ago, but has only just been reported missing to police and the Information Commissioner’s Office. We’ve asked North Central London health board why it needed to store 8.63 million health records on an unsecure […]
A local authority has signed an undertaking to improve the security of the personal data it holds after information about six vulnerable home support clients was stolen from a worker, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. North Lanarkshire Council’s guidance on how workers should use, transport and dispose of sensitive documents was “inadequate”, the […]
Surrey County Council has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for breaking the Data Protection Act. The council was rapped for three separate offences. Firstly, in May last year it sent mental and physical health information on 241 individuals to the wrong group email address. Recipients included cab and coach firms. The council […]
Sunderland University recently hosted an event for the ‘British Chartered Institute for IT’ Newcastle upon Tyne branch with guest speaker Sam Raincock (from Sam Raincock Consultancy) introducing the topic of Computer Forensics. “Samantha Raincock BSc (Hons), MSc, CISSP, CCE, MBCS, CEng MIET is a digital forensics consultant/expert witness, trainer and IT Security specialist. She has produced over […]