Vickram Dodd reports: Sir Peter Fahy says privacy concerns which either deny officers access to information or slow the process down cost police money and time. Police want new and expanded rights to access medical records and other confidential data without an individual’s consent, a senior police chief has told the Guardian. Sir Peter Fahy,…
Month: August 2014
Baby Pictures at the Doctor’s? Cute, Sure, but Illegal
Anemona Hartocollis reports: Pictures of smiling babies crowd a bulletin board in a doctor’s office in Midtown Manhattan, in a collage familiar to anyone who has given birth. But the women coming in to have babies of their own cannot see them. They have been moved to a private part of the office, replaced in…
Schumer asks FTC to probe use of fitness data
AP reports: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the use of personal fitness data gathered from bracelets and cell phone applications by the companies that sell them, saying it can be sold to advertisers or others without users’ knowledge or consent. The New York Democrat says there are no…
OmegaNet reports breach affecting business clients
Last month, I noted that Dennis East International (DEI) was notifying customers after OmegaNet notified them of a breach. In the interim, OmegaNet, through its attorneys, has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that 10 businesses in New Hampshire were affected by a malware incident that was able to capture information before it was encrypted….
Global hacking attack included 10,000 patient records at Chinese University
Danny Lee reports: Four of the city’s biggest internet service providers fell victim to an international cyberattack that also affected 10,000 patients’ health records held by Chinese University. Servers at PCCW, Netvigator, Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) and Hutchison Global Communications were among more than half a million targeted globally. The hackers succeeded in the…
Global hacking attack hits four Hong Kong telecoms firms
Danny Lee reports: Four of the city’s biggest internet service providers fell victim to an international cyberattack that also affected 10,000 patients’ health records held by Chinese University. Servers at PCCW, Netvigator, Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) and Hutchison Global Communications were among more than half a million targeted globally. The hackers succeeded in the…