Somebody forgot to do some patching

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28867113

Another week, another data breach.

Medical data in USA may me of higher interest than it is here in the UK due to the US health market / insurance model. Nevertheless, I only wait until we see a major leak of medical information in the NHS / UK health economy.

Healthcare data is very valuable and appropriate protection of it is needed.

UPS branches hit by data breach http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28879689

Hotel booking website leaking data

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28301440

Singapore 's Data Protection laws comes into force

https://econsultancy.com/blog/65104-the-global-ramifications-of-singapore-s-new-data-protection-act?utm_medium=feeds&utm_source=blog#i.1uidme1105efbx

Michael Schumacher 's medical records leaked

Who did it? How did they do it? http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28214272?ocid=socialflow_twitter

More HES data breaches

http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/9345/hscic-admits-to-four-hes-data-breaches

HES data in Google Cloud

http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/ehi/9261/hes-data-handled-in-google-cloud

Now even encryption isn't safe anymore

Luckily major social networks seem to were  unaffected (not saying they are safe or unsafe). this just highlights that you need to be careful when being active online.

http://news.sky.com/story/1239517/stay-off-the-internet-to-avoid-major-web-bug.

Nothing really new.

Healthcare industry is becoming a more attractive target

http://blogs.deloitte.com/centerforhealthsolutions/2014/03/secure-vigilant-and-resilient-three-pillars-of-health-care-cyber-risk-protection.html?id=us:2sm:3tw:chsblog:awa:chs:040114:deloittehealth#.UzxyiMnTU0M

Records Management does not finish with leaving the office

Do you know what you left behind? http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2335122/ico-fines-kent-police-gbp100-000-for-leaving-interview-tapes-in-old-offices

Not knowing does not protect you from a fine

This case just shows again how important it is to be aware of what data your systems are handling and storing. Your website is a basically a database of pages which can include programmes that store data itself.

Abortion provider hit by data fine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26479985

Data leakage - or shall we say illicit use of customer data

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240214060/Barclays-under-scrutiny-after-leak-of-27000-customer-records?asrc=EM_EDA_26511075&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=EDA&utm_campaign=20140210_Barclays%20bank%20leaks%20thousands%20of%20customer%20records_

In the USA: The wackiest HIPAA Data Breaches

Does this sound familiar?

http://www.emrandhipaa.com/guest/2014/01/16/the-wackiest-hipaa-data-breaches-of-2013/

PM's Red box left unattended

I wonder how far one would get before being challanged. Seems as somebody forgot his basic mobile working guidelines. Could happen to all of us, but it is a bit more embarising if it is the PM.

http://news.sky.com/story/1139034/cameron-leaves-red-box-on-train-table

FoI response - check for PID

Make sure you check that your FoI responses do not contain Person Identifiable Data. Otherwise you breach the DPA 1998; and the FoI Act 2000 actually. Http://identity.governmentcomputing.com/news/ico-fines-islington-council-over-leak-of-residents-data

GPs to tell patients about data extraction

I wonder how GPs are going to manage to tell all their patients about the opt-out option for the GP data extraction.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/gp-surgeries-must-inform-patients-about-data-plan--or-face-legal-action-8748999.html

I am not sure if it would have been easier (and cheaper) for NHS England and HSCIC to book some advertisement space in newspapers and on local radio?

Do you know where your records are?

NGS England has a job on hand to identify all those old records storage facilities. This incident and fibe does not surprise me. I assume that more fines are on the way.

Let's wait and see... Failure in sweep of old premises costs health body £100,000 in data breach fine

Nursing and Midwifery Council fined £150k by ICO

Again those dreaded DVDs again...

http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/latest_news/2013/nursing-and-midwifery-council-receives-150000-penalty-15022013.aspx

Maybe they should have used encrypted memory stick. They come with hardware encryption and don't cost much anymore

Oh no, not another one

Patients' private files dumped http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21177311

Mobile number tweeted

Always check before press tweet. http://news.sky.com/story/1035409/michael-goves-wife-in-twitter-blunder