Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Bible charity fined £100k for data loss
there to support Linda, who in turn vowed to help Lolita become a mother if she possibly could.
In 1999, they first saw a report on research into womb donation in Sweden. But it was not until 2011 the family read of it again and made contact with the team, led by Professor Mats Brännström.
Lolita’s partner Patrik was supportive, and from there the sisters faced a series of physical and psychological tests.
Lolita and Patrik had IVF, producing 10 embryos. In March 2013, Linda’s uterus was removed, and sewn into Lolita’s body. Linda says: “They said it could be life-risking. This was an experiment, but they were professionals.”
Both sisters endured a painful recovery, but the following month Lolita experienced her first-ever period. Linda laughs as she recalls Lolita calling her in fright. Lolita says: “I had always dreamed of it, but I didn’t like it.”
Five embryos failed, but the sixth was successfully implanted.
Lolita says: “I was throwing up, I couldn’t sleep, my stomach was so big, but I couldn’t realise it. I was talking and singing to my baby – but it was finally at the baby shower the reality hit.”
Cash-douglas was delivered by C-section at 37 weeks, weighing 7lbs.
Lolita says: “I was a mum, I couldn’t believe it.” When Linda met her nephew, she cried with joy. She says: “I would say to other women, don’t be afraid of doing this. It was just the most lovely thing.”
The three women selected for womb transplant in the UK were picked from a waiting list of 50. For Richard Smith, a
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THE Bible Society has been fined £100,000 over a user data breach affecting 417,000 members.
Hackers were able to access home addresses, telephone numbers and bank account details between November and December 2016 due to an “easy-to-guess’ password.
The Swindon-based charity also used that password as its username for the hacked account, the Information Commissioner’s Office found.
The data protection watchdog ruled more could have been done to protect members’ personal data from hackers.
The Bible Society said there was “vulnerability in a single isolated account” but it took this “seriously”.