UK Health Records Breached: 1.8 Million

The UK’s National Health Service had 16 breaches, exposing 1.8 million health records in a 12-month period ending in July 2012. The Information Commissioner’s Office responded by imposing fines to a total of £1 million. The largest penalty went to Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, fined £325,000 for a data breach involving hard drives containing healthcare information.