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Atos to provide service that will enable comparison of data across GP practices in England – but privacy campaigners complain again

21 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Atos has been engaged to provide an £8m service through a computer system so as to extract data about patients from GPs’ surgeries and enable comparable extractions across the NHS. The Department of...

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ICO fines Welsh council for data protection breach

21 December 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £130,000 to Powys County Council in Wales for data protection breaches. The council sent a child protection report to a member of the...

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Culture Minister queries EU data protection proposals

25 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Government’s Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, has given a statement on the development of European Union (EU) data protection laws. The statement was made in a speech to the Internet Advertising Bureau...

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Alleged data breach by Vince Cable’s constituency office

12 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Vince Cable, the Government’s business secretary, has apologised after confidential documents and personal data of his constituents were discovered in transparent recycling bags over a nine-month period...

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