The data protection regulator, which is lobbying for powers to force NHS and local-authority bodies to submit to compulsory audits, has released an overview of the 60 audits its has carried out ...

This has become even more urgent, with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). NHS departments will be obliged to analyse their digital functions, including processes for the storage, security, ...

The NHS must make “much more use of technology”, the Prime Minister has insisted amid concerns about plans to share patient data in the NHS. New laws are set to be introduced to make patient records ...

As the NHS launches a new AI-powered safety warning system for patient protection, behind the scenes, the Department of ...

And the legal document, the data protection impact assessment (DPIA), outlining how the app handles people’s data also refers to the system as anonymous.

The UK's data protection watchdog has levied its first fine against an NHS organisation, after a Welsh hospital accidentally sent a patient's health details to the wrong person.The Information ...

NHS England had claimed that it has all the necessary controls in place, although data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office has revealed concerns about aspects of the plan.

Campaigners are rightly concerned that the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill winding its way through Parliament will, if passed, undermine many of the current protections for our ...

Read more about data security in the healthcare sector The Information Commissioner’s Office now has the right to audit NHS authorities to ensure they comply with the Data Protection Act.

An NHS Trust broke the law by sharing sensitive patient records with Google's DeepMind division, the UK's data watchdog has ruled. The long-awaited decision falls in line with the conclusion drawn ...

The UK's data protection watchdog has ruled that a deal between DeepMind and an NHS trust "failed to comply with data protection law." The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced its ...