Statement issued by Lexington Clinic: January 30, 2012 Lexington Clinic is notifying 1,018 patients of a privacy breach. Despite stringent security protocols, a laptop was stolen from Lexington Clinic’s Neurology Department located in the St. Joseph Office Park at 1401 Harrodsburg Road. The theft occurred overnight on December 7, 2011. Following an internal investigation of…
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Over 12,000 digital game purchasers notified of breach involving TryMedia’s ActiveStore application
TryMedia, a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach involving its ActiveStore application that is used by partner sites selling digital games. According to their letter dated January 13, the firm became aware of an intrusion into its ActiveStore application and believes the intruders were able to…
UK: £140,000 fine for Midlothian Council after sending child data to wrong people five times in as many months (updated)
A Scottish council has been fined £140,000 after repeatedly releasing sensitive information about vulnerable children and carers to the wrong people. Midlothian Council was guilty of five data protection breaches in as many months last year. It is the first local authority in Scotland to be fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is…
Update: Sg: Hospital takes action on doctor who accessed records
More on a breach previously mentioned on this blog. From AsiaOne: Last November, Dr Singh was fined $10,000 and censured by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) after he admitted to six charges of professional conduct. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) has confirmed that it has lodged a police complaint against a doctor who accessed…
The Demi Moore 911 Call: A Breach of Medical Confidentiality?
Privacy law scholar and law professor Daniel Solove writes: I’ve written before on the issue of whether 911 calls should be public. The recent release of the Demi Moore 911 call raises the issues once again. From CBS News: The tape of the frantic 911 call from actress Demi Moore’s Beverly Hills home Monday night is out and, reports CBS…
CA: Students busted for hacking computers, changing grades
Iain Thomson reports: Three high school juniors have been arrested after they devised a sophisticated hacking scheme to up their grades and make money selling quiz answers to their classmates. The students are accused of breaking into the janitor’s office of California’s Palos Verdes High School and making a copy of the master key, giving…