Who knew you were pregnant before you did? There’s a story doing the rounds this week about a woman whose fitness tracker flagged her pregnancy weeks before a test did. Elevated resting heart rate, a shift in temperature, the usual pattern. It’s a nice human interest story, and it’s also, if you sit with it […]
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The NHS doesn’t have a data security problem. It has a culture problem. This week, Cambridge University Hospitals referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after it emerged that around 40 members of staff had accessed the medical records of a three-year-old boy injured in a crocodile attack. The child was treated at Addenbrooke’s following
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48 staff. No dismissals. No ICO investigation. The Southport records breach tells us everything we need to know about insider threat. When the news broke this week that 48 NHS staff had inappropriately accessed the medical records of Southport attack victims — and that the highest sanction any of them received was a final written
️ The Afghan Data Breach – A Wake-Up Call for Public Sector Data Governance In July 2025, the veil of secrecy was finally lifted on one of the most catastrophic data breaches in UK government history. A spreadsheet leaked by a Ministry of Defence (MoD) official exposed the personal details of nearly 19,000 Afghan nationals […]
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The ICO Fine: A Call for Accountability in Data Protection Across the Supply Chain The announcement of the substantial fine levied on Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) brings the critical issue of data protection to the forefront once again. While the failings of the software provider are evident, this […]
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Will the ICO change its approach to the public sector following more high profile data breaches in some of the UK’s Police Forces? Yesterday Simon Bryne, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), resigned. Amongst a number of issues leading up to the resignation was the accidental publication of the details for […]
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It is noteworthy that, once again, the ICO continues with a soft touch, implementing a revised approach to the public sector, on this occasion issuing a reprimand to both Surrey and Sussex Police, suggesting that large fines could lead to reduced budgets. Aside from the fact that most businesses are currently operating in a financially […]
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