All together now, ‘ENCRYPTION’!

Yes, you’ve already guessed what I’m going to say but what the hell; an NHS trust hospistal has 21,000 patients details. The data was stored on unencrypted laptop lost by the Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust.

Details of patient names, dates of birth, postcodes and treatment details, were on the laptop which was stolen from the car of a Colchester trust manager. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will investigate whether the organisation breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt patient data.

Trust chief executive Peter Murphy stated that there is “very small chance that patient details can be accessed” and that the trust believes “the data will almost certainly by wiped by the thief” - or so they hope!

So, another case of your data being lost by those entrusted to keep it safe. Another day, another cock up!

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