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(follow-up) UCLA Researcher Gets Jail for Snooping into Celebrity Medical Records

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

If memory serves, employees of the State Department who snooped into celebrity passports got probation. Here’s a case where celebrity snooping — of medical records — actually resulted in prison, even though the data were not otherwise misused or sold: A former UCLA School of Medicine researcher was sentenced to four months in federal prison…

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(follow-up) UCLA Researcher Gets Jail for Snooping into Celebrity Medical Records

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

A former UCLA School of Medicine researcher was sentenced to four months in federal prison for illegally snooping into the confidential private records of celebrities, high-profile patients and co-workers. 48 year old Huping Zhou pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles in January to four misdemeanor counts of violating federal privacy provisions….

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13,700 Nihon U. staffers have data leaked online

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

Personal data on at least 13,700 Nihon University personnel has been leaked on the Internet, according to the university. The leak occurred when a school official brought the data home with him on his personal computer, on which the Winny file-sharing software had been installed. According to the school’s public relations office, the leaked data…

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Ca: Skimming discovered at bustling BMO Centre

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

Krista Sylvester reports: Police say a quick-thinking man alerted them to an alleged debit skimming scheme at a busy BMO Centre over the weekend. Police spokesman Kevin Brookwell confirmed someone alerted police to the discovery of double-sided tape, indicating the machine was tampered with, on an ATM at the BMO Centre at the Stampede Grounds….

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Oklahoma governor vetoes two abortion bills

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has vetoed two of the four abortion bills recently passed by the state legislature: One measure would have required women to undergo an intrusive ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before getting abortions. Henry said Friday that legislation is flawed because it…

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UK: NHS responsible for third of data breaches

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Dissent

Jennifer Scott reports: The deputy commissioner of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has named and shamed the NHS as the worst offender when it comes to data breaches. During the opening keynote at InfoSecurity Europe 2010, David Smith highlighted the health service’s blunders over the past two years where it accounted for almost a third…

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