Hannah Martin reports: Consumer action groups are warning companies to take better care of client information after a Hobart hotel breached the privacy of more than 600 guests. Quest Trinity apartments blamed a “glitch” in their email system for sending out promotional material that revealed the contact details of their guests. Recipients were not blind…
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Real Life Computer Privacy Breach For Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs?
Mark Coupe writes: Ever since coming out of nowhere and wowing the world at E3, pretty much everyone has been talking about Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs. Looking and feeling truly next-gen both in its AI and astounding visuals many people think we are looking at a launch title for the next series of consoles. Meanwhile Ubisoft…
AU: Privacy commissioner to regulate eHealth system
Stephanie McDonald reports: The federal government’s new eHealth system will be regulated against privacy breaches by the privacy commissioner and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The eHealth system, which went live July 1, will initially include basic information, with healthcare professionals adding to the system, such as medications prescribed and allergies. The…
Lawsuit accuses UW hospital of revealing patient’s HIV status
Ed Treleven reports: Instead of waking him from a nap, a UW Hospital resident told the wife and son of a southern Wisconsin man in 2010 that he had AIDS and left it to them to give him the news, according to a lawsuit filed against the hospital Friday. The news left the man’s wife…
NC: Private, Medical Information Left Out in a Dumpster
Jonathan Rodriguez reports: 9 On Your Side is investigating a case of medical records privacy. A viewer told us about finding some documents with personal, medical information dropped in a dumpster. […] Right at the top of the trash can we found check receipts, email addresses, phone numbers, and a lot more personal information. It’s…
OH: Veterans' records found at home of deceased Dayton VA medical center employee
John Nolan reports: A disabled Marine veteran received a letter from the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center this week stating that personal medical records for him and other veterans — documents including birth dates and Social Security numbers — were found in the former home of a deceased VA staff employee. Angelo Arnold, 51, of…