The leaked draft of European Commission regulations contains provisions that would require breach notification to the supervisory authority (Article 28) AND to the individuals affected (Article 29) within 24 hours after establishment of a breach. Wow. Article 28 Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority 1. In the case of a personal…
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CO: Judge lets identity-stealing nurse off with probation
As a follow-up to a breach reported previously on this blog…. Monte Whaley reports: A 31-year-old nurse police say stole the identities of hospital patients in Adams County was sentenced today to six years probation despite a request for prison time. Cannon Tubb in June was charged with multiple counts of identity theft and theft…
Alberta pharmacist fined $15K for snooping through health files
The Canadian Press reports: A former Edmonton pharmacist has been fined $15,000 after admitting she snooped through the health files of several people. The office of the privacy commissioner says Marianne Songgadan was charged after the office received a complaint from a woman in August 2010. The woman said the pharmacist had used Alberta’s electronic…
First-Hand Experience with a Patient Data Security Breach
Micky Tripathi, President and CEO of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative provides yeoman service by dissecting a security breach they experienced earlier this year. For my money, every entity dealing with patient data should read this piece. If you’ve been through it yourself, you’ll be nodding your heads in empathy, and if you haven’t, well, it may…
MoneyGram Security Breach
Chester Robards reports: A MoneyGram agent in the Bahamas may have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars this weekend as a result of its system being hacked, The Tribune understands. Harvey Morris, managing director of MoneyGram, Omni Transfers, explained that the agent’s system was likely hacked by someone residing outside of the Bahamas. He said…
Update: Lucky urges some customers to close bank accounts as losses mount
Kevin McCallum reports: Shoppers who used the self-checkout lines at 21 Lucky supermarkets in the Bay Area should cancel their accounts to protect their money, the company that owns the grocery chain announced Monday. The warning does not yet include Lucky’s Supermarkets in the North Bay, but a store in Petaluma was under investigation as…