Tamara L. Hunter of Davis LLP writes: In November 2014, the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner (“SIPC”) issued an Investigation Report (No. 088/2013) in a case involving employee “snooping” in personal health records held by the Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority (the “RQRHA”). The case raises interesting questions about how far a public body should…
Month: January 2015
You’re never too old, Tuesday edition
On Jan. 5, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge James A. Soto sentenced Howard Dennis Barnes, age 72, to 72 months in federal prison. Barnes had previously pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud and attempted fraud in connection with computers, both felonies. […] Barnes also attempted to steal confidential financial information from an entity that…
Turkish citizenry at massive risk of medical ID theft
Medical ID theft is a huge problem in Turkey, it seems, due to inadequate data security for government servers. Read more on BGN.
UK: Boomerang Rentals customers report fraudulent card charges (Update 2)
And for Tuesday’s edition of “How Not to Handle a Reported Breach,” we give you….. (drum roll)…. Boomerang Rentals. John Leyden of The Register provides a recap of what happened when customers started expressing concerns about fraudulent charges on cards they had on file with the video game rental service. Neil Bolt of PSU also…
UK: Mitochondrial DNA donors granted anonymity in draft legislation
Rachel Brown reports: Regulations to legalise and govern the use of mitochondrial donation techniques have been laid down before the UK Parliament. […] The draft regulations state that fertility clinics will require a new licence to offer the techniques. They also state that it will be up to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to decide whether a treatment can go…
In Ontario, hundreds of hospital privacy violations go unreported
Olivia Carville reports: Five staff members snooped into the medical records of 22 patients at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health last year. A clinician from St. Michael’s Hospital posted an inappropriate comment on Facebook about a patient’s behaviour during a healthcare procedure. While standing in line for pizza, a Toronto East General Hospital…