GB BOLTON NHS Foundation Trust 2013 Technical Error (Q13201)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB BOLTON NHS Foundation Trust 2013 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2013
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BOLTON NHS Foundation Trust could be fined up to 500,000 after notes containing confidential information about 25 patients were found in the street. The data breach has been passed to the Information Commissioner which has said it will determine an appropriate response. The commissioner has the power to issue monetary penalty notices of up to 500,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. It is the fifth data protection breach involving confidential medical data in Bolton since 2009. The sensitive data was found by 46-year-old Lynn Copeland on Good Friday near Plodder Lane News, in Farnworth. It included four A4 pages which had details of 25 patients including their name, age, medical history, specialist information, mobility, dietary requirement, hygiene, home circumstances and (English)
