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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,…
ICO to target private investigators in data protection probe
Data protection experts are to look into the activities of private investigators in a bid to work out whether they are breaching strict laws on the protection of confidential information.…
Thatcher’s data protection legacy: Just fill out this 16-page form
Successive UK governments have seen data protection more as a cost overhead to be minimised than as an essential protection for the individual in an electronic age. This view started…
20,000 Documents Destroyed by Mistake
An investigation into the accidental destruction of documents from Queensland's famous Fitzgerald Inquiry has found those responsible for the failure broke the law. The Crime and Misconduct Commission shredded up…
How safe are shredded documents?
Why Choose a Document Destruction Service? From personal and private papers to business documents and spare hard drives, with the amount of identity theft in the world, it can be…
Woman’s anxiety over lost hospital records
BASILDON Hospital has apologised to a patient who feared she has cancer after losing her medical notes. Lesley Arnold, 51, from Rectory Road, Pitsea, was left fearing she may have stomach…
Hard drive records missing
The RCMP are looking into how a hard drive containing the personal information of 583,000 student loan borrowers went missing from a Gatineau, Que., office in November last year. The…
Important documents have gone missing
One of the most important historical documents of the 20th century appears to have gone missing — offering the alarming possibility that the Soviet Union still exists, if only on…
Information commissioner: Compulsory data protection audits needed
There have been cases of sensitive information being lost by public bodies Compulsory data protection audits of councils and the NHS are needed to help eliminate "really stupid basic errors",…