Hospital in clear after losing medical records of 78 pregnant women
The Royal Free Hospital will not be penalised after staff lost a log containing the confidential medical details of up to 78 pregnant women. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the…
Historic Records Lost
A suspicious fire that raced through the main floor of city hall in Grand Forks, seriously damaging the 101-year-old building and forcing council to scramble to find a temporary home,…
Missing documents add mystery to case
Another twist in the case came when Deana Finnegan, in 2012, requested the case file be retrieved from storage with a company in Saginaw County, where the court stocks older…
18,000 patient records lost every year
Doctors and nurses lose 18,000 hospital records of cancer patients each year, a survey has found. And 20 per cent of sufferers say they are patronised by medical staff when…
400,000 personal files stolen in court closure
Computer equipment storing more than 400,000 confidential court files was stolen from a court - and the theft only discovered months later when it appeared for sale on eBay, the…
Deficiencies in records management put patients at risk
The Royal Dental Hospital and Belfast Trust "failed in its duty" to report concerns and had extremely serious deficiencies in record management of patients, a major inquiry found. The final damning report…
Search for lost Hillsborough documents
A POLICE force involved in the initial investigation into the Hillsborough disaster has launched a trawl of its archives after finding documents relating to the tragedy at its headquarters. West…
Companies put data about their customers on sale
Shoppers' spending habits are increasingly being bought and sold by banks and businesses without their consent Barclays is the latest big name to tell its millions of customers that it…
Historic records may be destroyed
The official records of the first census carried out in Northern Ireland, in 1926, no longer exist. An investigation by the Public Record Office found no trace of the census.…
New NHS won’t escape fines for old data breaches
Data breach complaints against organisations that have been dismantled under the Health and Social Care Act will be transferred to new NHS organisations, the Information Commissioner's Office has warned.Dawn Monaghan,…