London health authority put on notice over data breach

I find it unforgivable that public bodies (that we have to provide personal data to) still do not take it's protection seriously. This is a systematic failure and a lack of staff awareness. 

For those of you that do not yet know, data on hard drives (the device in your computer that stores all the information) lives forever. You must have a process for disposing of any computers (business and personal), if you need help contact us.

A north London health authority has been given until the end of the month to improve its information security policies following an embarrassing information security blunder last year.

The Information Commissioner's Office has given Camden Primary Care Trust until the end of the month to pull up its socks following a breach of the Data Protection Act. The ICO's enforcement order comes after PCs containing 2,500 patients' names, addresses and medical histories were dumped beside a skip inside the grounds of St Pancras Hospital last August. more...