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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Countess of Mar (Crossbench). It was answered on Tuesday, 18 July 2006.


Privacy: Pervasive Computing

Question
My Lords, what is Her Majesty's Government’s view on the report of the Leeds NHS trust, which stated that there were 70,000 instances of illegal access to patient data in one month?
Answer

My Lords, patient data would be covered by the Data Protection Act. Clearly, if there is that number of instances of illegal access to data, there is something wrong with the systems in that place. That should be taken up in the light of the Data Protection Act.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
684 c1118 
Session
2005-06
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
ICT Privacy Security Microprocessors
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk