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22.05.16
Data protection: NHS Trust fined £180,000 for HIV data leak in breach of medical confidence case
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £180,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a result of a serious data breach by the 56 Dean Street sexual health clinic in which hundreds of patients’ HIV status were inadvertently disclosed in an emailed newsletter. A number of patients signed up to receive…
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