It pays to think twice before you send an email, especially when it comes to sending bulk emails. The charity HIV Scotland was recently fined £10,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the wake of a 2020 data breach. The fine came after the charity sent out an email containing personal information to over 100 people. The email was without using the blind carbon copy (bcc) function, which is an all-too common error when it comes to data protection. This, however, meant that all the email addresses and some names were visible to all recipients. HIV Scotland helps people…
Kingsley Hayes
The NHS plans to deploy AI to tackle the backlog of waiting lists exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. A £160 million scheme announced last month plans to implement some radical new technology-driven measures in order to reduce the NHS’s record 4.7 million waiting list. For example, more GP patients will be given the option to be assessed by AI chatbots which can refer them on to other services such as physiotherapy. In Bristol, elderly patients are already trialling support robots which enable them to be assessed remotely. Multidisciplinary weekend clinics are also planned. Needless to say, a careful data protection…