Jeff Gorman of Courthouse News reports: An emergency medical technician was not required to report his suspicions that a co-worker had sexually molested a suicidal teenage girl in the back of their ambulance, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled. Timothy O’Connell was the driver, and Matt DiFillippo was the EMT in the back. O’Connell did…
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FL: Thousands of personal record files dumped in recycling bin
By Lisa A. Davis and Neil Johnson report: On Sunday morning, Karen and Scott Keith made their monthly stop at the Land O’ Lakes Recycling center to drop off household recycling items. When they looked at the paper bin it was not only full to the point of pushing up the lid, it was practically…
South Shore Hospital Breach Could Affect 800,000
South Shore Hospital today reported that back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information may have been lost by a professional data management company. The hospital had engaged the company to destroy the files because they were in a format the hospital no longer uses. The hospital has no evidence that information on the…
South Shore Hospital Breach Could Affect 800,000
South Shore Hospital today reported that back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information may have been lost by a professional data management company. The hospital had engaged the company to destroy the files because they were in a format the hospital no longer uses. The hospital has no evidence that information on the…
UK headed for data breach disclosure law within four years
Nick Heath reports: A law forcing all organisations to publically declare data breaches is expected to be in place in the UK within four years. According to lawyers at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW), legislation requiring organisations to notify the relevant authorities as well as individuals affected in the event of a serious security…
Turks hack Israeli account details
Nitzan Sadan reports: Turkish hackers have obtained the passwords and credit card details of 32,561 Israeli users, the Israeli We-CMS blog says. According to the blog, a Turkish message board has uploaded a list containing credit card details, PayPal and bank usernames and passwords. The list is also said to contain more than 140 passwords…