On May 10, Baltimore-based Alliance Inc. notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that a laptop stolen from an employee’s car on May 3 contained client information in password-protected files. Alliance is a not-for-profit that services clients with disabilities and mental health needs. Most of the affected clients are transients who either drop in or who are…
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Scientists publish DNA results to encourage worldwide databases
Laura Roberts reports: A group of 12 genetics scientists will publish the results of DNA tests today to encourage people to make their own information available for scientific research. The “DNA Dozen” want to allay fears amongst the public that information about their genes should not be widely shared on the grounds that it is…
Most large companies seeing more hack attacks, survey shows
Ellen Messmer reports: Is this year turning out to be even worse for getting hacked than last year? That’s what a survey of 350 IT and network professionals would indicate, with large companies in particular reporting this to be worse than last in terms of suffering at least one network intrusion of their user machines,…
Personal details on a toilet wall
I’ve blogged a few times about whether the dead have any privacy rights and whether their families have any rights. To those who still believe that the dead have no privacy nor need any, I would remind them to think of the pain privacy violations can cause the surviving family members. As one example,…
TN: Unknown If Student Info On Stolen Computers
From the Houston-we-may-have-a-problem dept: Larry Flowers reports: While students were enjoying fall break last week, someone broke into two Murfreesboro schools. Four computers were stolen, and now officials are trying to figure out if there was any personal information of students that could be in the hands of thieves. Read more on WSMV. Ironically, this…
Johnson & Johnson Seeks Access to Medical Records
newspersonalinjury blogs about a specific personal injury lawsuit but I mention it here because it raises a general issue about whether people should ever sign releases in such cases. For what it’s worth, I don’t think J&J is doing anything most defendant firms wouldn’t do under such circumstances, either. Johnson & Johnson has retained Broadspire,…