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THE HSE has been fined €645,000 for leaving personal records to rot in disused bathrooms, a turf shed, a shipping container and derelict buildings. Site inspections by the Data Protection Commission ...

The Health Service Executive has been fined €645,000 after an inquiry found medical records had been destroyed by mould, contaminated by animal droppings, covered in rubble or rotted due to water ...

The DPC has also reprimanded the HSE and issued a number of corrective orders requiring the health service to bring its processing of personal data into compliance with the General Data Protection ...

The HSE has been fined 645,000 euro for storing personal records in disused bathrooms and a turf shed which left documents rotting and covered in mould and animal droppings, the Data Protection ...