IE: HSE fined €645,000 over data breach affecting Westmeath hospital
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Adrian Cusack reports: The Data Protection Commission has fined the HSE [Health, Safety, and Environment] more than €600,000 over the mismanagement of historical records held at St Loman’s hospital, Mullingar, and St Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny. The fine was issued at the conclusion of an inquiry into the handling of paper records at the two facilities…