John Walshe reports: Birth certificates and other personal details including bank drafts and cheques from around 20 teacher training applicants have been stolen from a college. The break-in at St Patrick’s College of Education in Drumcondra, Dublin has raised fears among some applicants and their parents about the dangers of identity theft. President of the…
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(update) BAMC reveals possible theft of information on 1,272 patients
Sig Christenson fills in some details on a breach that occurred last year and was first revealed on HHS‘s web site in February: Brooke Army Medical Center late Tuesday revealed that the personal health records of 1,272 patients may have been compromised because of a car break-in. The hospital reported that a three-ring Army binder…
Prisoners Retain Right to Refuse Medical Treatment
Eugene Volokh alerts us to a decision in a case in which the Maryland Commissioner of Corrections went to court to compel a prisoner to accept treatment for end stage renal disease over the prisoner’s objections and refusal. From the decision: This case presents the question of whether the Commissioner presented sufficient evidence to override…
Two breaches involving unauthorized access lead to notification
Two breaches involving unauthorized access have led to notifications in recent weeks. In the first, Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital of North Houston notified HHS that there had been a breach involving its business associate, Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. According to the HHS listing, 763 individuals were affected by unauthorized access of email. The breach occurred…
Woman pleads no contest to charges of identity theft
A confessed professional identity thief pleaded no contest in state court yesterday to charges that could put her behind bars for the rest of her life. […] Audrey L. Collins, 44, pleaded no contest to racketeering, first-degree identity theft, first-degree theft and unauthorized possession of confidential personal information. […] When police arrested Collins and co-defendant…
Dallas woman gets statutory maximum sentence in mail theft and aggravated ID theft case
Shannon Palmer, 42, of Dallas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to the statutory maximum sentence of seven years in federal prison, without parole, for mail theft and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Palmer, who has been in custody since her arrest…