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Author: Dissent

Another kind of extortion: get a lobotomy or I'll tell your family

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Dissent

This is unusual. A former employee out to embarrass her employer, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, allegedly sent letters to patients who had received electroshock therapy to tell them that the therapy had failed and that they should get frontal lobotomies.  And according to a report by Rummana Hussain  of the Chicago Sun-Times,  some of the letters included…

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Ca: Lawsuit filed against Central Health

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Dissent

The same attorney who has filed lawsuits against Western Health Authority and Eastern Health Authority over their recent privacy breaches has now sued Central Health Authority, too. CBC reports: Shawna Thompson says her ex-husband’s wife inappropriately accessed her medical records, including lab test results and other confidential information that had been held at Central Health….

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DSW Shoe Warehouse wins dispute with Chartis unit over data theft coverage

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Dissent

Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appellate court ruled Thursday that shoe retailer DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc. was entitled to insurance coverage of more than $6.8 million in stipulated losses and prejudgment interest from a Chartis Inc. unit in connection with a 2005 computer breach. In an incident widely reported at the time, DSW, a subsidiary…

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Ca: Memorial University hacked; Faculty of Business student data possibly accessed

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Dissent

Seen at VOCM: Files containing student information at the Faculty of Business at Memorial University may have been accessed by an unauthorized party earlier this week. As a result, all confidential information was secured on a different server, and, as a precaution, websites for the faculty and the Gardiner Centre were taken offline. Files containing…

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NZ: Report: Systemic weaknesses at ACC

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Dissent

Adam Bennett and Kate Shuttleworth report: Bronwyn Pullar, the woman at the centre of a massive privacy scandal at ACC is “delighted” with an independent report into the affair that identified “systemic weakness” in the way the corporation handled private client data. The report by former Australian Privacy Commissioner Malcolm and accountancy firm KPMG released…

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State Privacy Laws Evolve While Congress Remains Stalemated

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Dissent

New legislation governing data breaches and privacy issues is popping up in states across the country. Most recently,  Connecticut, Vermont, and Illinois have enacted new laws in these areas. You can find a nice summary of the three new laws on CyberInquirer. Image credit:  “Chessman” © Saimnadir | Dreamstime.com

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