Kelly Kennedy reports: A proposed federal rule would require hospitals, doctors’ offices and health insurers to tell patients of anyone who has accessed their electronic medical records, if requested. Under the rule proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), health-care-related businesses must list everyone in their firms — from doctors to data-entry…
Author: Dissent
NC: Stolen court documents traded for drugs, sheriff says
Matthew Hensley reports: Investigators on Wednesday recovered a cache of illegally obtained court documents that they believe were traded for drugs. They charged three people after a nearly week-long investigation. According to Lt. Becky Weatherman of the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Eric Lee Hubbard, a night custodian who cleaned in the district attorney’s office at…
UK: Council FOI boob
Dumfries and Galloway Council employees have had confidential information, including their names and details of their salaries, made public on a website after a Freedom of Information request slip up. The local authority has apologised to those affected and are taking measures to prevent a repeat. A council spokesman said: “ A Freedom of Information…
LexisNexis notifies New Hampshire that data obtained by client may have been misused
On May 9, LexisNexis notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that personal information accessed from their database by one of their clients may have been misused. From September 10, 2009 through March 2, 2011, Onyx Collections and Locators Services, Inc. in Atlanta had access to the database which contains information such as name, address,…
Hacker fallout: Partial Tory donors list posted online
Mark Kennedy reports: In a significant security breach, the Conservative party has confirmed that hackers who gained access this week to the party’s website retrieved the names, addresses and email addresses of some people who made financial contributions to the Tories. Moreover, the Conservatives said Wednesday that in some instances the hackers got partial credit…
VA: University of Mary Washington notifies students of data breach (update1 with memo to students)
Jeff Branscome reports UMW sent the following e-mail to all employees to remind them of security policies in the wake of a breach involving student information: To All Faculty/Staff: This is to advise you that UMW experienced an information security incident, which you may read about in the news media. The attached letter was sent…