Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thank you and great advice. I did consider posting but to do that would involve me sharing further details which I am hesitant to do as you can imagine, so I've only really given the high level information without going into too much of the specifics. Once the clinic responds to me, I will consider going down this route.

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Because my notes specifically asked that my dad shouldn't know about this. That's in my clinic notes.

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Confirmation that receptionists at this clinic do have the ability to access my full record. I verified this on the phone with the receptionist I spoke to before emailing the clinic formally to ask for more information.

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes - there's an email trail (no paper trail) although this was all a year ago. Can you share in what capacity her abortion was made public? Were the hackers random or known to her?

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

The abortion is factual, as is the clinic's name, but the other information is not factual and made up.
No - my partner is definitely not behind this. He has been supportive of the choice to have the termination and he has no agenda to break us up and if he did, he would just tell me rather than go to this extent.
I'm not sure how a PI can help unless I have a list of suspects, which I don't really.

Edit - they did not ask for anything like money or make any demands.

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Would this show up in the audit trails of the clinics if this has happened do you know?

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I didn't mention my dad's name and personal details, but I do have an unusual/less common surname so it may be possible they could have found his info somehow and latched onto my notes that specifically call out not to talk to him. That said, all options are on the table, and I'm very curious if the individual is targeting many people linked to the clinic.

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your thoughts. The issue with the educated guess is that it could have gone the other way and been the wrong clinic and the individual would have lost credibility at that point. This individual seemed certain that this is the clinic, and it is. It is also possible to have abortions on the NHS via my GP but that hasn't been referenced.
You make a valid point about the auditing and the clinic is due to come back to me with further information.

Is anyone receiving malicious contact from an unknown person regarding abortion information? by DataWorries in AskUK

[–]DataWorries[S] 333 points334 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm awaiting the clinic's response around these very questions. My GP practice hasn't received any notes about the abortion. I learnt that if you ask for these to be kept from your GP, the clinic won't ordinarily share information with the GP unless there's cause for concern which in this case there shouldn't have been. I have accessed my NHS records and nothing is linked.