http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7849212.stm BBC News 24 January 2009 An NHS trust serving people across south Wales has been criticised after a laptop with details of about 5,000 patients were stolen. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust was found to have breached data protection laws. The computer, which had patient medical records on it which were not encrypted, was stolen from an unlocked office. The trust has now signed an agreement to encrypt all data in future and improve security. The health trust serves patients in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend. The laptop was stolen by an "opportunistic thief" from an unlocked management office at Singleton Hospital in Swansea last April. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Sun Jan 25 2009 - 22:11:32 PST
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