After Princess Kate’s scandal
Charles’ patient data is probably safe
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All-clear for the monarch: King Charles III’s private patient data is said not to have been accessed at the London Clinic.
After weeks of speculation about the state of health of Princess Kate, 42, it became known on March 19th that employees of the London Clinic, where the wife of Prince William, 41, had an operation on her abdomen in January, were said to have tried to illegally access the Princess of Wales’s medical records.
Since King Charles III, 75, was treated for his prostate in the same private clinic in January, there was concern that the private medical data of the monarch, who was suffering from cancer, could also have been compromised. But that’s obviously not the case, as “The Mirror” reported on the evening of March 20th.
London Clinic gives the all-clear regarding King Charles
The London Clinic has informed Buckingham Palace that the alleged data breach surrounding Princess Kate, which is currently being investigated, “did not involve the monarch,” sources confirmed to the British newspaper.
The “Mirror” also reported in the evening that “up to three people” could have been involved in the alleged access to the Princess of Wales’s medical records, and that the incident is said to have occurred after Kate’s dismissal on January 29th.
Earlier in the day, London Clinic CEO Al Russell said in an official statement that “all appropriate investigative, regulatory and disciplinary measures will be taken” to investigate the allegations. He also emphasized that the hospital would have systems in place to monitor the handling of patient data, as Daily Mail reported.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the independent British supervisory authority for data protection and freedom of information, is also due to do so on March 20th confirmed to CNNthat it has received a report of a data breach and is reviewing the information provided.