A health trust and two city councils are working to improve policies after recent data breaches. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust breached the Data Protection Act by accidentally disclosing personal data to unauthorized people on two occasions, said the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The City of York Council has signed an undertaking after a similar incident occurred. Meanwhile, Leicester City Council has found the memory stick it lost last month containing personal data on 4,000, BBC News reports. It appears that the data was not accessed during the time the stick was missing. The council is awaiting a possible ICO fine of up to £500,000.
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