HSE Fined €645,000 for Storing Records in Decrepit Conditions

HSE hit with €645,000 fine over series of personal data breaches

The HSE has been fined €645,000 over serious data protection failures involving the storage of sensitive medical records. An investigation by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) uncovered documents damaged by mould and water, contaminated by animal droppings and left among rubble and other debris. Inspectors also found records being kept in disused bathrooms and cubicles, a shipping container in a turf shed and derelict buildings. Pic: Sam Boa…

Irish health service fined after rotting medical records found in turf shed

The Data Protection Commission found the system ‘risked unauthorised access to sensitive medical information’

Irish health service operator fined for storing data in disused bathroom, turf shed

DUBLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Ireland's health service operator was fined a record amount for an Irish public body by the country's data regulator for storing medical records in "profound ​disarray" in areas including a turf shed and a disused ‌bathroom t...

HSE fined €645k after old medical records found rotting, mouldy and covered in animal droppings

The documents came to light after people broke into old hospitals and posted videos online.

HSE fined €645k after records left covered in mould and animal droppings

The DPC found storage areas in 'profound disarray and neglect', with records stored in disused bathrooms, cubicles and a shipping container in a turf shed

HSE fined €645,000 for storing records in decrepit conditions

HSE records were found stored in disused bathrooms and cubicles, the DPC said. Read more: HSE fined €645,000 for storing records in decrepit conditions