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NHS Fined After Computer Holding Patient Records Found On eBay

Posted by timothy on from the all-these-billing-addresses-are-identical dept.

judgecorp writes "NHS Surrey, part of Britain's health service, has been fined £200,000 when a computer holding more than 3000 patient records was found for sale on eBay. The system was retired, and given to a contractor who promised to dispose of it securely for free, in exchange for any salvage value... but clearly just put the whole system up for sale."

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  1. Re: How does... by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because there was no actual "contract" requiring him to destroy them.

    That's the real problem in this case - no contract. It's all all in TFA (if you can be bothered with such trivia).

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