NHS Trust fined £175,000 for 'entirely avoidable' data breach

Sooraj Shah
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ICO gives penalty to Torbay Care Trust

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Torbay Care Trust (TCT) £175,000 for a data breach it said was "entirely avoidable". The Trust, based in Devon, had published "sensitive det...

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