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January 28, 2008

NHS admits data security failings

Filed under: News, ID theft, Data Theft — Matt Fisher @ 10:48 am

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust has suspended some methods of sending data after admitting the details of patients and staff had been copied to removable media such as CDs without encryption. The security clampdown comes after the trust reviewed more than 30 bulk transfers (50 records or more) of data.

The trust acknowledges in a report that “there is no single security measure that can be adopted to ensure that adequate control is assured”.

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