Close to 8,000 patients at UT Medical Center will recieve letters notifying them of a privacy incident concerning their patient information. An e-mail sent to the staff of the hospital on Friday explains that an administrative report was thrown in the trash instead of shredded like the hospital policy. While there was no information on…
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Ca: Confidential medical records scattered in parking lot after car break-in
Rosie Gillingham reports: A couple of city parking enforcement officers on routine patrol in downtown St. John’s Friday morning found something more interesting than illegally parked cars. Randy Bragg and Kerwin Thomas discovered a huge mess — hundreds of papers scattered on a parking lot between Duckworth Street and Henry Street. But it was more…
Ca: Privacy boss: Don't sweat e-health outsourcing
Chip Martin reports: Ontario’s privacy watchdog says its rules protecting patient records are so tight, patients needn’t worry about them being vulnerable if London hospitals go ahead with a deal with a U.S. software giant.”You can outsource services, but you cannot outsource accountability (for privacy),” Ann Cavoukian told The Free Press. Saying Ontario has “perhaps…
Ca: Laval transit card disposal breaches privacy
The Laval Transit Corporation has launched an investigation after more than one hundred expired student transit cards were found lying on the ground near the Longueuil metro station on Montreal’s South Shore. Unlike the regular-fare “Opus” smart cards, the student cards contain private information including a person’s name, photo and school. […] The Agence Métropolitaine…
In: Four persons, including sales executive, held for credit card fraud
K Praveen Kumar reports: CHENNAI: The city police’s cyber crime cell on Friday arrested four persons for a credit card fraud. Periyanayakam (25) of Tondiarpet, a credit card sales executive for G Cards that was outsourced by SBI, with the help of Yuvaraj (22) of Perambur, Udhayachandran (24) of T P Chathiram and Ramesh Kumar…
Credit Card Fraud Warning Issued in Virginia
From NBC Washington, this report: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating 50 cases of credit fraud. Investigators said they may be connected. In many cases, the victim’s credit cards are being used throughout the United States and even overseas. And that’s all they wrote in the way of details. Stay tuned, I guess….