Care Provider Commited "Unacceptable" Breach Of Data Protection Act

Praxis Care Limited, a care company based in both Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, has taken steps to improve its data protection policies and procedures after an unencrypted memory stick holding sensitive personal information, including medical care and mental health, was lost on the Isle of Man.

The memory stick was lost in August 2011 and has yet to be recovered. Praxis has, however, informed all 107 Isle of Man residents and 53 Northern Irish residents whose personal details were stored on the memory stick of its loss. Fortunately for all those involved, and as stated in an undertaking by the company, "no reports of adverse consequences from the data loss have been received".