Last week, I planned to blog about how pleasantly surprised I was that Formula One champion Michael Schumacher’s medical records had not been leaked in the six months following his tragic accident. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t blog about it, as Associated Press is reporting that his medical files have been stolen and…
Author: Dissent
Some comments on the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014
The Florida Information Protection Act of 2014 was approved by Governor Rick Scott on June 20. It has some commendable features (not all of which are new under Florida law), but I also spot some concerns. On a positive note: 1. It uses an access trigger instead of an acquisition trigger for notification. 2. It now…
$800,000 HIPAA settlement in medical records dumping case
From HHS, this press release today about an incident that never appeared in their public breach tool: Parkview Health System, Inc. has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Parkview…
Does de-identification work or not?
Daniel Barth-Jones writes: In a FierceBigData article which ran last Wednesday, Pam Baker posed some compelling questions regarding a recent “Big Data and Innovation, Setting the Record Straight:De-identification Does Work” whitepaper (.pdf) released by Ann Cavoukian, the Ontario information and privacy commissioner, and Daniel Castro, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Senior Analyst. Of these, the most salient question was also the…
UK: MP’s former aide admits encouraging police spouse to hack email
The Press Association reports: The former parliamentary secretary of Bradford West MP George Galloway has pleaded guilty to a charge of encouraging her police officer husband to obtain emails without consent. Aisha Ali-Khan, 33, who worked with the Respect MP, admitted the charge during a brief hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court. Read more on…
Card Breaches at Car Washes
Brian Krebs reports: An investigation into a string of credit card breaches at dozens of car wash locations across the United States illustrates the challenges facing local law enforcement as they seek to connect the dots between cybercrime and local gang activity that increasingly cross multiple domestic and international borders. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com. Some of the…