Nick Heath writes: Spending almost £3bn on a project that pleases no one is an act of incompetence. But burning through another £4bn by persisting with that same doomed endeavour amounts to lunacy. There appear to be no winners in the Department of Health’s project to create electronic patient records. Not the GP surgeries and…
Author: Dissent
Federal lawsuit blames Michaels for PIN thefts
Josh Stockinger reports: A West Chicago woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Michaels, claiming the arts-and-crafts giant failed to protect customers from “cyber-pickpockets” who stole sensitive banking information from checkout keypads at stores in 20 states. The suit filed this week in Illinois’ northern district seeks class-action status and more than $5 million in…
MN: Delta Dental Disk with The Smile Center Patient Data on It Stolen Months Ago; No One Notified Patients?! (update1)
Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…
MN: Delta Dental Disk with The Smile Center Patient Data on It Stolen Months Ago; No One Notified Patients?! (update1)
Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…
Three National Data Breach Notification Legislative Proposals Issued
Craig Hoffman writes: So far this month, three legislative proposals containing a national data breach notification requirement have been issued. On May 4, Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) reintroduced the Data Accountability and Trust Act. On May 11, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) introduced the Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011. One day later, the White…
IN: Thieves may have taken medical records
Okay, here’s a disturbing news item from WISH-TV: Speedway Police say a burglar broke into a storage barn behind the Comfort Dental Offices at 2955 North High School Road, stealing a bicycle and maybe even medical records of dental patients. According to information from police, the intruder broke into the barn late Monday night. Officers…