Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity was fined £11,000 for failing to follow data protection rules.

What they did

Between 2011 and 2015, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity shared 910,283 records.

Between 2010 and 2016, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity sent on average 795,000 records per month to a wealth screening company. This does not necessarily reflect the number of individuals who were wealth screened, as some records may have been screened on more than one occasion.

Between 2012 and 2015, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity used this approach to match 103,500 email addresses to supporters, and match 208,000 dates of birth to supporters.