{
  "id": 11151973,
  "title": "CHI breach data protection rules at facility in Tallaght",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/chi-breach-data-protection-rules-at-facility-in-tallaght",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593594-chi-tallaght/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has discovered Children's Health Ireland (CHI) breaching data protection rules related to the storage of children's health records at a facility in Tallaght University Hospital. The DPC initiated an investigation in August 2025 after receiving protected disclosures and conducting an unannounced site inspection following the disclosures. It is believed that certain children's patient records were stored in an unsecured room at the facility, which could easily be accessed by anyone within the building. The DPC also learned that confidential waste bins beside the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor's (NCHD) office contained documents with both sensitive and special category data of children, which had been overflowing and subsequently removed. CHI's non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for failing to ensure appropriate security and confidentiality of the data has resulted in the DPC issuing a reprimand and ordering CHI to bring its processing of personal data into compliance with the GDPR.",
  "summary": "Children's Health Ireland (CHI) has been found to be in breach of data protection rules over the storage of children's health records within a CHI facility at Tallaght University Hospital.",
  "key_points": [
    "Children's Health Ireland breached data protection rules.",
    "Records stored in unsecured room at Tallaght facility.",
    "DPC ordered CHI to comply with GDPR."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}