The UK’s data protection watchdog said it has provisionally decided to fine a software provider just over £6 million over a 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care
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The UK’s data protection regulator has published new guidance for health and social care organisations it says will help them be more transparent about how personal information is being used.
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A hacker group is in possession of at least a “small number” of patients’ data following a cyber attack, NHS Dumfries and Galloway has said. Reports emerged on Wednesday of
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Claire Smout, Head of Digital Skills and Holly Irwin, Head of Practice Innovation at Skills for Care discuss how digital innovations can support with the winter pressures facing the adult
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Data breaches from organisations such as law firms, housing associations, NHS trusts, the police and a government department could have put domestic abuse victims’ at risk of further danger, the
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A watchdog has reprimanded a health board after staff members shared patients’ personal data on WhatsApp hundreds of times. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS
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A union has said it will support legal action over a data breach which saw the personal details of around 15,000 council employees published online in error. The GMB union
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A senior MP said it was “astonishing” that the body responsible for carrying out the NHS Test and Trace programme during the pandemic was unable to provide enough evidence for
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TikTok could face a £27 million fine over a possible breach of UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when using the platform. The Information Commissioner’s Office
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A new report published today by Social Care Wales reveals that around 91,000 people work in the social care sector in Wales. The report also shows that more than 80
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