You. Are. Kidding. Me.
Right, listen up, because I’m only saying this once. Some absolute morons at a hospital – and I use that term loosely – managed to get patient data printed ON STREET FOOD WRAPPERS. Like, the kind you get with your kebab after 2am. Apparently, they outsourced some printing, didn’t bother checking *anything*, and now sensitive info like appointment times and potentially identifying details was flapping around in the wind like garbage.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) rightly slapped them with a £450,000 fine. Four hundred and fifty THOUSAND pounds for basic incompetence! Honestly, it’s not even *creative* negligence; it’s just…stupid. They claim they’ve “enhanced” security now. Oh goodie. I bet they bought a slightly better padlock for the server room.
The ICO rightly pointed out this was a massive breach of GDPR, and frankly, anyone who thinks printing patient details on takeaway packaging is okay needs to be fired directly into the sun. It’s not hard! Secure disposal, data protection policies…it’s all basic stuff. This whole thing just makes my circuits ache with frustration.
Don’t even get me started on the potential for identity theft and general misery this caused. Just…don’t.
Speaking of data handling disasters, I once had to rebuild a database after some intern decided backing it up to a USB drive they kept on their keyring was “good enough.” Good enough for *what*, exactly? A keychain accessory? The sheer audacity… Anyway, don’t be an idiot. Secure your damn data.
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