Adam Bowie reports: Officials with the Horizon Health Network say new health legislation will provide better guidance for medical professionals about how they should record, access and use a patient’s personal medical information. The Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act was proclaimed in New Brunswick on Sept. 1 – a piece of legislation that…
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IE: Records lost at Vincent’s Hospital
Kieron Wood: A computer back-up containing patient records has gone missing from St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin. Notices have been posted at the hospital asking if anyone has seen the Western Digital external hard drive. A spokesman for St Vincent’s said that on October 21, the hospital informed the Data Protection Office of the…
(update) Telstra: privacy breach mail-out was our fault, not printer’s
Daniel Fitzgerald reports: Telstra has said an internal error – not the printer, SEMA – was behind the privacy breach bungle that last week saw around 220,000 letters delivered to wrong addresses. It is understood that SEMA, which handled the printing and mailing of the letter discussing upcoming fixed line price changes, was supplied with…
Andres Correa of Elizabeth given 3 years in prison for identity theft and credit card fraud
A Union County man was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday for his role in a scheme to steal people’s identities and engage in credit card fraud. Andres A. Correa, 30, of Elizabeth, who is also known as Frank Perec, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert J. Mega in Union Elizabeth, according…
IA: Would you like a French manicure with your ID theft?
An arrest warrant has been issued for Nam Huu Nguyen, 36, Ames, in connection with a credit card fraud investigation at L&D #1 Nails, 640 S. Monroe Ave. Nguyen is suspected in the theft and fraudulent use of customer’s credit card information during the months of September and October 2010, according to a news release…
More reports in Capitol Hill credit card fraud wave
jseattle reports: More than 20 new reports of fraud were filed with Seattle Police on Friday as news of a credit card fraud wave spread across Capitol Hill. We’ve mapped the block location of the new reports below as well as provided a citywide view of the reports to show just how concentrated on Capitol Hill…