The Information Commissioner's Office has taken its hand off from imposing fine on Lampeter Medical practice for breaching the Data Protection Act.

It appears that the medical practice has been under constant enquiry after a member of staff at the practice had misplaced a memory stick that contained unencrypted medical data of 8,000 patients in March.

According to sources, this is a breach in the code of conduct under the Data Protection Act.

But, ICO on the other hand says that its 'pleased' that the medical practice in subject has pledged to be more attentive while handling patients' data.

The memory stick was posted by a staff member to the NHS business service center via recorded delivery, but it never reached its destination, as the BBC reports. And ICO on this matter told BBC that Lampeter Medical Practice will be taking necessary actions that will ensure that any kind of security breach never happens.

However ICO has updated the Data Protection Laws that allows to fine organisations up to £500,000.