London HIV clinic fined £180,000 for revealing service users' names

Staff error meant anyone receiving 56 Dean Street's HIV clinic newsletter could see email addresses of all other recipients

An NHS clinic in London has been fined 180,000 for a serious breach of the privacy of more than 700 users of an HIV service.

Patients and service users who were on the HIV clinic email list of 56 Dean Street, a Soho-based sexual health clinic, said at the time of the breach they were terrified it could leave them open to blackmail or public outing.