Allison Salz reports: An investigation that recovered more than 150 stolen IDs has Edmonton police urging everyone to protect their information. […] “Credit cards, Alberta health care, social insurance cards, that kind of documentation, which was being used to produce fraudulent identification,” says Dehid. ”This is a solid example of some of the activity that…
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2 University of Iowa employees disciplined for snooping with baby monitor
The Associated Press has more on a situation that I mentioned yesterday: A University of Iowa hospital supervisor abruptly left employment Thursday as the school announced it had disciplined two employees over a plan to use a baby monitor to listen to subordinates’ conversations. Pamela Snider, an office coordinator in the Department of Urology, no…
(follow-up) Saint Francis Health System Notifies Customers and Patients after Security Breach
On Feb. 12, following up on a lead from HHS’s breach tool, I learned about a breach at Saint Francis – Broken Arrow Hospital in Oklahoma, which I reported on this blog, here. Over a month later, the hospital has issued a press release. It says, in part: Recently, Saint Francis Health System reported security…
OH: Walnut Township school payroll records hacked
Carl Burnett Jr. reports that someone hacked into the Walnut Township School District payroll records database: Someone gained access into the payroll records between 1:15 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office report. […] The Sheriff’s Office report indicated the hackers had been able to access the 2008 payroll…
(update) UK: University inquiry as students’ personal details leaked online
The University of York data leak reported earlier this week continues to get a lot of attention in the UK. A news story today in the Yorkshire Post adds/confirms a few details: Students’ addresses, phone numbers and even A-level results were published on the University of York website in what a campaign group has called…
Way to risk those lawsuits, U. Iowa!
Having your employees find out that you are monitoring them surreptitiously doesn’t make for happy employees and may lead to legal problems in terms of surveillance laws and labor laws. Having a patient privacy incident can be infinitely worse. Managing to risk combining both can be a nightmare. But that’s somewhat what happened recently in…