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Patients' records on stolen laptop
Jun 19, 08
Summary: A laptop containing confidential information about 11,000 patients has been stolen from a GP's home. Contrary to Department of Health guidelines, the information was not encrypted, which would have made it unreadable without a special code to unscramble it. The laptop was among items stolen in a recent burglary at the home of the unnamed doctor, who works at the Castlecroft Medical Practice in ...
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