Healthcare Locums (HCL) first notified the ICO about the breach when it confirmed that a network storage device containing details about doctors' security clearance and their visa information had been sold on an auction website. Neither the device nor the data were encrypted.
HCL's records showed that the hard drive was being transferred from its Skipton branch to its Loughton branch in February 2010 for secure storage prior to decommissioning.
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