I can’t believe this case is still going on. Alicia Gallegos reports: A physician who refused to release records without patient consent during a medical board investigation finally might receive his formal punishment from the board — 10 years after it was proposed. In a 4-3 vote, the Court of Appeals of Maryland reversed a…
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SpamIt, Glavmed Pharmacy Networks Exposed
Brian Krebs writes: An organized crime group thought to include individuals responsible for the notorious Storm and Waledac worms generated more than $150 million promoting rogue online pharmacies via spam and hacking, according to data obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com. In June 2010, an anonymous source using the assumed name “Despduck” began an e-mail correspondence with a key anti-spam…
Cambridge Who’s Who attempt to block former employee from discussing alleged data loss fails in court
Occasionally, we find out about a data breach via court filings instead of notifications or media coverage. This is one of those times, it seems. As far as I can determine, the incident discussed in the court case was not reported to the NYS Consumer Protection Board by either Cambridge Who’s Who or Proactive Technology…
Inappropriate access to patient records in the VA system: 2010 statistics
Earlier this month, I covered a VA privacy breach incident that had been reported in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. At the time, I noted that it was not clear to me whether the incident had been included in the VA’s monthly report to Congress as I hadn’t seen anything like that case mentioned. I wrote to…
Swiss Prosecutor Releases Person In Credit Suisse Data Theft Case
Switzerland’s prosecutor said Thursday an undisclosed person arrested last month as part of an investigation into data allegedly stolen from Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group (CS) was released from custody. “Our investigation has advanced so well that we released the accused person from custody last Friday,” spokesman Jeannette Balmer said in an emailed statement. She…
UK: Patients’ privacy threatened in NHS shake-up confidentiality under threat, say doctors
Martin Beckford and Steven Swinford report: The association says new legislation will give the Government, quangos and local authorities the power to access sensitive medical details without the patient’s permission. It fears that the change will lead to patients withholding information from doctors. The doctor’s union raised its concerns in a letter to Simon Burns,…