Hospital fined $1m for Patient Data Breach

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Published on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:14:10 -0800 Indexed on 2011/03/11 16:15 UTC
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hospital-finedAs an illustration of the potential cost of accidental breaches, the US Dept of Health and Human Services recently fined a hospital $1m for losing documents relating to some of its patients. Allegedly, the documents were left on the subway by a hospital employee.

For incidents in the UK, several local government bodies have been fined between £60k and £100k. Evidently, the watchdogs are taking an increasingly firm position.

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