Neil Versel writes: Depending on your point of view, Dr. Deborah Peel and her Patient Privacy Rights Foundation either continue to rail against the national push for EHRs or take further steps to hold policymakers honest. (We’re not going to go as far as ZDNet Healthcare’s Dana Blankenhorn, who recently called Peel a “Luddite” whose…
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Delaware retiree sues Aon, citing “irreparable harm” (UPDATE)
From Courthouse News: Aon Consulting disclosed online the names and Social Security numbers of 22,000 state retirees, a class action claims in New Castle County Court. The class claims Aon did not bother to scrub personal information before posting online a request for proposals from insurers. “Gail Slaughter’s identity is likely for sale on the…
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MN: Exposed student data leaves prying eyes wide open
Anthony C. Maki reports: An online MCTC [Minneapolis Community and Technical College] directory left sensitive student data and internal documents accessible to the prying eyes of anyone with an Internet connection since at least the summer of 2006, according to an investigation by City College News. Besides annual accounts-receivable reports and salary rosters, a database spanning…
NY: Computer stolen with students’ information
Jim Dolan of ABC reports: This school year is getting off to a bit of a rough start for thousands of CUNY [City University of New York] students. More than 7,000 of them received letters saying their names and Social Security numbers had been stolen. Now, there is growing concern about overall security at the…
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