The Information Commissioner has upheld a complaint against a city-based healthcare recruitment firm for a breach of the Data Protection Act which saw the personal details of scores of doctors sold on an internet auction website.
Healthcare Locums, the Information Commissioner said, failed to ensure that hard drives containing sensitive information regarding the home addresses and immigration status of individual doctors was properly logged and recorded during an office move.
The case of Healthcare Locums is sadly not alone with many firms sharing the company's apparently slap-dash attitude to ensuring the safety of data relating to their customers and employees. While the company has, on this occasion, escaped a large fine for their infrigement of the Data Protection Act this case should serve as an example to all firms of the absolute need for solid data protection policies.
A full copy of the Information Commissioner's ruling can be found here.
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