Ex-health worker cautioned after Kate’s medical notes offered for financial gain

A former healthcare worker at a private hospital in London has been formally cautioned by the UK privacy and data watchdog over the deliberate misuse of the Princess of Wales’s private medical records and offering to disclose them for financial gain. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a criminal investigation into the unlawful obtaining and disclosure of medical information to a third party without the consent of the data controller after the London Clinic reported a breach in March 2024. At the time it was reported that at least one member of staff tried to access Catherine’s notes while she was a patient at the private hospital. The London Clinic has treated the princess and King Charles in recent years. She spent almost two weeks at the private hospital after undergoing planned abdominal surgery for an undisclosed condition in January 2024. The following month she revealed that cancer was discovered in postoperative tests. Reporting its findings, the privacy and data watchdog said: “Following a full assessment under the code for crown prosecutors and the ICO’s prosecution policy, the ICO issued a now former healthcare professional from London with a formal caution in relation to an offence under section 170(5) of the Data Protection Act 2018. …