latest news
Our latest news combines press releases and articles from Morgan Cole with content produced for us by the Press Association which members of our Information Governance team comment upon.
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HMRC apology after tax credits letters error A printing error has been blamed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) after confidential details about thousands of tax credit claimants were sent to other people by mistake.
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System reduces cost of information sharing Computer users will soon be able to securely share information online with a cheaper system than they currently pay for, thanks to computer scientists.
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Hospital patients' safety at risk after data loss A USB stick containing the medical records of patients at a secure hospital has been found outside a supermarket.
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Council legal boss faces data probe The most senior legal officer at Highland Council is to face an investigation over allegations she breached data protection laws in an ongoing dispute over roadside travellers' camps in Inverness.
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Government must reveal sensitive data The Government must reveal the gist of "sensitive" intelligence material to a man bringing a damages action linked to an airlines terror bomb plot, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
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287 NHS data breaches since 2007 The NHS has been guilty of more serious data breaches in the last two years than any other organisation in the country, it has been revealed.
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Workers warned over data breach fines Some city employees are unaware of the cost of fines for data breaches, research has shown.
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Delay to central medical database The public deserve more of an explanation about the process of medical records being placed on a central computer system before the programme is rolled out to some areas of the country, the Government has agreed.
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Legal battle over suspect identity A legal battle has been launched in order to try and get the British Government to reveal the identity of a terrorist suspect who is being held in Afghanistan.
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Organ donor error sparks review A review will be launched into the data error which incorrectly recorded the organ donation wishes of around 800,000 people.
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Data boss slams security flaws The Irish data protection commissioner has called on the country's health service to improve data security as a matter of urgency.
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MPs concerned over UK border scheme A Government scheme that hopes to record the journey of each person travelling to and from the UK has been called into question by MPs.
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Data available to non-clinical staff, group claims Confidential medical records can be accessed by at least 100,000 non-clinical staff in the NHS, a report by a right wing pressure group has claimed.
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Firm loses information access bid York City Council has won a High Court battle against a property search company over access to information on for-sale houses.
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Study lambastes poor data security "Vast gaps" in the data security of financial companies are endemic throughout the industry, research has claimed.
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BMA slams NHS patient database A leading medical organisation has criticised government plans to establish a giant database of NHS medical records.
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Data law condemned by German court A law in Germany allowing the state to keep information on phone calls and emails has been overturned by the country's highest court for posing a "grave intrusion" to personal privacy.
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US workers warned of ID theft risk Thousands of workers in the US may be at risk of identity fraud following the identification of nearly 100 companies and organisations that had failed to protect employee data.
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TV bosses given new data guidelines New guidelines for independent television producers have been announced in a bid to help broadcasters comply with data protection laws.
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US bank details access bid blocked MEPs have blocked an American anti-terrorism bid to access Europeans' bank details.
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