Claim against NHS Trust for breach of DPA 1998 and misuse of private information dismissed
In October 2017, Mrs. Underwood (the “Claimant”) was approached by a representative of Bounty UK Ltd (“Bounty”), a pregnancy and parenting support company, after giving birth at a hospital within the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the “Trust”). The Claimant alleged that the Bounty representative was able to access and read the medical notes at…