Archive for the '(In)security' Category

How anonymous is NHS patient data?

Posted at Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 by andrew

Sade Laja writes in The Guardian:
Data accessed under the secondary uses service, which is jointly delivered by the NHS Information Centre and Connecting for Health (CfH), for the NHS and its partners, is not always anonymised.
The CfH states on its website that the service only provides access to “anonymous patient-based data” for purposes other [...]

All patients to be given online access to medical records

Posted at Thursday, December 1st, 2011 by andrew

Rebecca Smith writes in the Daily Telegraph:
All patients will be able to access their medical records by 2015 amid fears over security, it has been announced.
The controversial system would allow patients to check their medical documents online and raise any inaccuracies or problems with their doctor, however concerns have been raised over the plans.
The announcement [...]

DVLA wants to cash in on private parking tickets

Posted at Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 by andrew

David Millward writes in the Daily Telegraph:
The DVLA is looking to cash in on motorists by selling their names and addresses to wheel clampers and private parking companies at a profit.
The agency wants to plug a £100m gap in its finances by charging more than the current £2.50 administrative fee.
Last year the agency sold details [...]

Does the Health Care Bill permit medical research without patient consent?

Posted at Thursday, November 17th, 2011 by andrew

According to the Hawktalk blog:
The last Labour Government did it in spades and now the Coalition has followed suit. What is “it”? Why enacting legislation that grants Ministers wide ranging and unchecked powers concerning the processing of personal data of course. Don’t worry: it’s just our health records.
About two weeks ago, a colleague at the [...]

We shall shame schools that ‘muddle through’

Posted at Monday, November 14th, 2011 by andrew

David Cameron, writing in the Daily Telegraph, announces that the government will shortly begin releasing data on individual pupils held in the National Pupil database:
From June, we will release data about the performance of all pupils from the National Pupil Database. Of course, it will be anonymous, but you will be able to see what [...]

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