Joel Rubin and Jessica Porter report: A rookie Los Angeles police officer has resigned amid allegations he illegally tapped into a law enforcement computer on behalf of a gang member who was recently convicted of murder. The officer, Gabriel Morales, 25, was seeking information on two key witnesses who testified at the gang member’s murder…
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NZ: Doctor to keep fighting privacy complaint
Here’s a case where a healthcare provider is maintaining that a privacy breach was necessary to protect the health and safety of others: An Invercargill doctor is refusing to settle over a privacy complaint, saying it would be “moral cowardice”. Robert Henderson is due to appear before the Human Rights Tribunal on November 30 for…
Nebraska auditor, agency director continue to dispute release of health records
JoAnne Young reports: A legislative committee clarified Friday how a performance audit of state employees’ health insurance plans will be conducted — and that the identity of employees will not be passed on to state Auditor Mike Foley’s staff. But that may not be the end of the standoff on the issue between Foley and…
Five charged with stealing patient info as part of ID theft/fraud ring
More on a breach reported earlier in the week involving Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale: A criminal complaint was filed this week against five people who are accused of stealing patient information from Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale and a physician’s office in Aventura. Albert Anthony Andrulonis, 26, of Davie, Raushanah Bowleg, 33,…
Five Floridians charged with stealing patient info from HCH and doctor's office
More on a breach reported earlier in the week involving Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale: A criminal complaint was filed this week against five people who are accused of stealing patient information from Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale and a physician’s office in Aventura. Albert Anthony Andrulonis, 26, of Davie, Raushanah Bowleg, 33,…
Three new breaches revealed by HHS/OCR
While I was away, I see that there was another update to HHS’s breach tool web page: Debra C. Duffy, a dentist in Texas, reported that 4,700 patients were notified of a breach that occurred on August 5 that involved the theft a laptop. I do not see a notice on her web site, so…