Kent Solicitors

In August 2009 The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found a doctor in Ipswich in breach of the Data Protection Act for failing to secure a computer containing patient information.
The computer was found in a car park by an employee of Suffolk Primary Care Trust. The computer contained employee and patient details.

The doctor has to sign an undertaking to keep personal information securely
Sally-Anne Poole, Head of Enforcement and Investigations at the ICO, said it is vital that sensitive personal information, such as patient information, is handled securely.

Labels: Data Protection procedures, Data Protection Stolen Computers

How many more laptop computers can be stolen? All containing personal information

The Information Commissioner has said that where such losses occur and where encryption software has not been used to protect the data, enforcement action will be pursued.

Labels: Data Protection Stolen Computers