The head of the UK’s data watchdog has raised the prospect of spot checks on NHS staff to make sure they are using WhatsApp safely and are not compromising patients’ data safety.
Information commissioner John Edwards told the Financial Times he recognises that the use of WhatsApp by staff “is
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