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A GP's receptionist who accessed sensitive medical information about her former husband's new wife has admitted breaching data protection law.
Marcia Phillips, 47, texted the woman with confidential information she discovered at the surgery.
David Smith from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which brought the case, said she broke the law to "cause harm".
She was fined ?750 at West Hampshire Magistrates Court.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21761804
Marcia Phillips, 47, texted the woman with confidential information she discovered at the surgery.
David Smith from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which brought the case, said she broke the law to "cause harm".
She was fined ?750 at West Hampshire Magistrates Court.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21761804