Occasionally, we find out about a data breach via court filings instead of notifications or media coverage. This is one of those times, it seems. As far as I can determine, the incident discussed in the court case was not reported to the NYS Consumer Protection Board by either Cambridge Who’s Who or Proactive Technology…
Month: February 2011
Inappropriate access to patient records in the VA system: 2010 statistics
Earlier this month, I covered a VA privacy breach incident that had been reported in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. At the time, I noted that it was not clear to me whether the incident had been included in the VA’s monthly report to Congress as I hadn’t seen anything like that case mentioned. I wrote to…
Swiss Prosecutor Releases Person In Credit Suisse Data Theft Case
Switzerland’s prosecutor said Thursday an undisclosed person arrested last month as part of an investigation into data allegedly stolen from Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group (CS) was released from custody. “Our investigation has advanced so well that we released the accused person from custody last Friday,” spokesman Jeannette Balmer said in an emailed statement. She…
UK: Patients’ privacy threatened in NHS shake-up confidentiality under threat, say doctors
Martin Beckford and Steven Swinford report: The association says new legislation will give the Government, quangos and local authorities the power to access sensitive medical details without the patient’s permission. It fears that the change will lead to patients withholding information from doctors. The doctor’s union raised its concerns in a letter to Simon Burns,…
Marijuana Privacy Laws
The Associated Press reports: Medical marijuana patients in Colorado are facing new rules concerning patient privacy, and some are getting a briefing from the state health department to understand how their patient records could be used. […] Marijuana advocates complain that looming regulations allowing law enforcement to access records at marijuana dispensaries violate the marijuana…
Hacking creates chaos for Snow Creek and its customers
Scott Canon reports: Snow Creek ski resort in Weston and many of its credit card customers appear to be victims of an attack by Internet hackers that first came to light Friday morning. By midday Friday the Platte County outfit had cut its on-site credit card processing system from the Internet and was warning customers…