30 Jun 2008
An unencrypted laptop containing medical details of several thousand patients has been stolen from the car of a senior Colchester University Hospital manager.
The details included names, dates of birth, postcodes and treatment plans.
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust said police were called and it has written to all affected patients to inform them of the loss.
The trust says the information was password protected and it has copies of all the data.
Laptop computers are sooooo convenient - until you lose it. But a laptop is like a personal organiser - personal. "It's mine - how dare you tell me what I can and cannot do with it".
Think about how many times each day your personal data is entered on a computer. If government departments are incapable of enforcing data security then the battle to secure our privacy is already lost: for every high profile event reported there must be thousands less 'newsworthy' that are not reported.
Posted by: Peter ridgers 01 Jul 2008
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