Data Protection

In Fresher’s week, you will meet thousands of faces you’ve never seen before. A fundamentally cosmopolitan institution, these faces will come from all around the world, and you likely won’t recognise a single one. A few may ring a bell, make you do a double take. A couple you...

Medical records of more than 40,000 patients have been lost by the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) NHS Trust at its headquarters in Nottingham. Around 42,000 electronic documents, detailing names, addresses, contact details and information about patients’ medical conditions are stored on a floppy disk which has now been...