GB University of Bedfordshire 2015 Technical Error (Q11683)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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09C28A55-E262-49C3-81DB-FD9BE3EE5170
January 2015
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The University of Bedfordshire has launched a review after confidential medical data from teenage research participants was found abandoned in an unlocked filing cabinet. Folders containing adolescents names, addresses, stages of puberty and other details were discovered during a clear-out of offices at Bedfordshires Luton campus in July, according to a source at the university. Details of about 50 research participants had been left unsecured in a public office for more than two years following a research project in 2012, the source said. The files contained participants doctors details, as well as information about their percentage of body fat and diet. The university quickly secured the files after being told that they were not under lock and key, the source said, but seemed unaware th (English)
