Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

“The memory stick was reported lost in March after a member of staff at the surgery had, in contravention of practice policy, downloaded a database onto an unencrypted memory stick...”

“A medical practice which lost the details of 8,000 patients, including their names and addresses, breached the Data Protection Act, says a watchdog.”

“It contained the details of some 8,000 patients, but there was no clinical information.”

“The memory stick was reported lost in March after a member of staff at the surgery had, in contravention of practice policy, downloaded a database onto an unencrypted memory stick, which was not pass…”

“This includes ensuring all mobile devices including laptops and memory sticks are encrypted, ensuring physical security measures are sufficient and making staff fully aware of the organisation's data…”

“The loss of data was the second by the council in six months”

“The stick, which went missing in March”