Under data protection law, practices are responsible for patient data and legally obliged to store it securely and protect it from unauthorised or unlawful processing.Data security incidents are relatively common within healthcare settings. The most recent data security incident trends published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), show that between April 2021 to June 2021 there were there were 607 data security incidents in the health sector, up from 420 the previous quarter.The ease and speed in which data can be shared along with the current surge in clinical admin being experienced, may partly be behind the increase in data loss …
