In The News
| June 2008 | Six Laptops Are Stolen From Hospital Six laptops containing the names and postcodes of patients have been stolen from a major teaching hospital. |
| June 2008 | Egress Software Technologies enables the first NHS Trust to meet Department of Health requirement to have all mobile devices encrypted. City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust has selected Egress Software Technologies to implement a solution that made Hackney PCT the first NHS trust to meet the Department of Health requirement to have all mobile devices encrypted. |
| May 2008 | 'Reckless' data loss made a civil offence Anyone who recklessly loses personal data will face a "substantial" fine, after the government created a new civil offence. |
| May 2008 | Data-loss rife in UK companies, says survey Most UK companies are losing data every month, a survey has found. |
| April 2008 | HSBC loses customers' data disc The HSBC banking group has admitted losing a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers. |
| January 2008 | HMRC letters of apology cost 2.25m The government has admitted it cost £2.25m to send letters of apology to people affected by the loss of 25 million child-benefit records by HM Revenue & Customs. |
| January 2008 | Key Personal Data On Stolen MoD laptop A laptop stolen from a Royal Navy officer contained personal details of 600,000 people, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. |
