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datalosses

  1. 21 May 12 NHS trust is fined £90k after faxing patient information to the wrong place bit.ly/KD5Ddv #centrallondonnhstrust #dataloss
  2. 17 May 12 Council fined £70k after losing highly sensitive information about sexually abused children bit.ly/KnI8pa #barnet #dataloss
  3. 9 May 12 Personal & confidential information stolen from office of Manchester's top judge bit.ly/IXsTb1 #hmcts #manchester #dataloss
  4. 4 May 2012 - Kingston Council sends wrong rent statements to 100+ council tenants in error bit.ly/K6CbhW #kingston #datalosses
  5. 30 Apr 12 Welsh health board fined £70k after releasing sensitive information to wrong person bit.ly/IE9gOl #aneurinbevan #dataloss
  6. 30 Apr 12 Personal details of ant-social behaviour complainants released to those banned bit.ly/JI1d4T #islingtoncouncil #dataloss
  7. 27 Apr 12 Warning! Phishing email from PayPaI in circ - saying account limited until you submit info - do not respond. #phishing #paypal
  8. 25 Apr 12 Personal details of marathon runners have been leaked on the organisers' website bit.ly/JpAI4g #londonmarathon #dataloss
  9. 20 Apr 12 NHS Trust is involved in four separate data breaches since July 2010 bit.ly/HUZcpB #nhs #southlondonhealthcare #dataloss
  10. 18 Apr 12 Information relating to vulnerable children has been lost by a council bit.ly/HHKcaB #leicestershirecountycouncil #dataloss
  11. 18 Apr 12 Personal data of competition entrants is leaked on a Toshiba website bit.ly/HTkdAL #toshiba #dataloss
  12. 28 Mar 12 Medication records of 2000 patients lost after company vacates premises bit.ly/Hg70O1 #pharmacyrepublic #dataloss
  13. 15 Mar 12 Police force is fined £70,000 after papers relating to a missing girl are lost bit.ly/xcZbYJ #lancashirepolice #dataloss
  14. 09 Mar 12 A hacker has been arrested after thousands of attempts to hack into an abortion website bit.ly/A8y9IW #bpas #dataloss
  15. 09 Mar 12 Personal data of 100 individuals has been stolen from a learning disability charity bit.ly/yl6IMi #enablescotland #dataloss
  16. 07 Mar 12 Councillors' personal details are made available to the public bit.ly/wZGGIR #belfastcitycouncil #dataloss
  17. 20 Feb 12 Council warned after laptop with info on kids' swimming lessons is stolen bit.ly/yX1rDs #cravendistrictcouncil #dataloss
  18. 09 Feb 12 Memory stick, containing info on families using a children's centre, has been stolen bit.ly/xMgjKg #victoriahouse #dataloss
  19. 09 Feb 12 Hundreds of council workers have their personal details published online bit.ly/wKVNVA #medwaycouncil #dhs #dataloss
  20. 08 Feb 12 Scottish council loses personal details of over 1,000 primary school children bit.ly/Akf9YJ #eastlothiancouncil #dataloss