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October 20, 2015 02:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5SePyRwN4Bg/uks-largest-online-pharmacy-sold-patients-personal-data-to-fraudsters
UK's Largest Online Pharmacy Sold Patients' Personal Data To Fraudsters
Ewan Palmer writes: The UK's biggest online pharmacy has been fined $200,000 for selling thousands of patients' personal data to scammers who targeted the sick and vulnerable. Pharmacy2U (P2U) was found to have breached the Data Protection Act for giving away details of patients to Australian Lottery fraudsters who targeted male pensioners and health supplements company that has been cautioned for misleading advertising. A company who dealt with patients who were being marketed said they had 'no idea the trade in their data was as murky as this'.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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