02/03/2012    

INTERNATIONAL PODIATRISTS IN THE NEWS

UK Podiatrist's Confidential Records Laptop Stolen

A laptop containing personal and medical information of up to 1,500 people has been stolen from a podiatry clinic in Hampshire. The laptop, containing unencrypted data, was taken from the Walking On Air clinic in Gosport on Tuesday. Podiatrist Natasha Townsend said the laptop did have a password.

Walking on Air Clinic

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it would investigate the loss of the computer. Ms. Townsend said: "It's got personal information on it but mostly all my medical patient notes which I need. I didn't really know much about encryption and things like that. I'm not very good with computers."

Source: BBC [2/1/12]