UK: Hospital lost patient data disks

[kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/7908856.stm

A hospital has lost 100 computer disks containing personal information
about patients.
North Wales NHS Trust is carrying out a review of its data security
following the incident at Glan Clwyd hospital in Denbighshire last
month.

The disks, which were to be destroyed, are believed to have been
disposed of "inadvertently" with other waste.

The trust said the disks would have been crushed and buried in
landfill and the information could not be retrieved.
"The disks contained old data, from the period 1995 to 2005, which no
longer needed to be retained," said a trust spokesperson.

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