NI nursing home fined for data breach after laptop with patients' details stolen

A nursing home in the North has been fined after a data breach relating to sensitive details about patients and staff, connected to the theft of a computer.

NI nursing home fined for data breach after laptop with patients' details stolen

A nursing home in the North has been fined after a data breach relating to sensitive details about patients and staff, connected to the theft of a computer.

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) launched an investigation after an unencrypted laptop containing the details was taken home by a member of staff at Whitehead Nursing Home, Co Antrim, and then stolen in a domestic burglary.

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