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Hospital agrees to improve data protection procedures after medical student loses dozens of patients’ sensitive health records on unencrypted memory stick

16 September 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has given formal undertakings to the Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – to improve its data...

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Information Commissioner’s Office advocates students to examine the examiner’s comments

27 August 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Exam results were generally very good again this year. But the Information Commissioner’s Office has offered hope for people whose results were not quite as desired. The ICO has issued a statement encouraging...

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ICO tells school to learn lesson of avoiding passwords for duplicate purposes after 20,000 people’s personal data compromised by hack attack

25 August 2011 | Mark Weston

Personal data belonging to 20,000 pupils, parents and teachers have been hacked after hackers (including one school pupil) on a school website managed to access the rest of the school’s systems. This...

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Court quashes planning permission for large scale development near Stevenage

14 July 2011 | Stephen Carew

(1) Hertfordshire County Council (2) North Hertfordshire District Council v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government This is an important decision for local people affecting a proposed...

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School admits to loss of laptop containing sensitive personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff

22 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

A school has admitted storing sensitive personal data of about 1,200 pupils and staff on an unencrypted laptop, which was subsequently stolen. The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator...

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Latest news and views tagged Schools

Hospital agrees to improve data protection procedures after medical student loses dozens of patients’ sensitive health records on unencrypted memory stick

Information Commissioner’s Office advocates students to examine the examiner’s comments

ICO tells school to learn lesson of avoiding passwords for duplicate purposes after 20,000 people’s personal data compromised by hack attack

Court quashes planning permission for large scale development near Stevenage

School admits to loss of laptop containing sensitive personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff

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