Crackdown on UK medical record snooping after staff reported sneaking 300+ times this year

Britain's privacy watchdog has put healthcare bosses on notice after receiving more than 300 reports of staff snooping through medical records this year, demanding that executives personally confirm they're doing enough to keep prying eyes out of patient files.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said on Thursday that it had written to more than 200 senior health leaders across the UK, warning that employees accessing records without good reason put patient privacy and public trust at risk.The ICO received and assessed more than 300 reports of medical record snooping between January and mid-October 2026. Staff were caught looking up people they knew, poking around patient files out of sheer curiosity, and sharing private information...

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