UK: Hospital patients’ data on stolen laptop

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http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/hospital_patients_data_on_stolen_laptop_1_631852

THE theft of a laptop containing sensitive patient information from
Peterborough District Hospital (PDH) has sparked a major security
review.

The names, date of births, hospital numbers, genders and eye scan
images of 1,100 patients was saved on the Toshiba laptop, which was
stolen from PDH on April 26, raising a potential risk of identity
fraud.

The theft was revealed by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust on Wednesday (12 May).

The trust has now launched a major security review, after it was
revealed that the computer was not password protected.

Trust chief executive Nik Patten said: “All patient information
contained on the trust’s IT network is encrypted and password
protected, however, on this occasion the data held on this standalone
laptop was not.

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