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26 Apr · Thu 2007

Erythema at the Dept of Health

"Capillary dilation... the so-called 'blush response'"

Apparently a momentary lapse in access control resulted in the personal details of a number of junior doctors were, effectively, published via the internet. The data included core PII (Personally Identifiable Information) items as defined under data protection law, including: phone number, addresses, previous convictions and sexual orientation.

It seems strange that a single mix-up over one URL should have been sufficient to allow the exposure of this data, and that (being PII) it was not further insulated from web-based access by the general public.

Posted by racingsnake @ 01:05 PM GMT+00:00 [ Comments [1] ]

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Am I the only person aghast (and hence, passing the Voight-Kampff test) about the fact that information about would-be doctors' religious and sexual persuasions is even gathered, let alone recorded?

Posted by Dave Walker on April 27, 2007 at 01:21 PM GMT+00:00 #

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