Michael Black reports: A Bradford bank worker has been jailed for his part in a plot to steal more than £1 million from account holders. Barclays personal banker Chikezie Emeruem, who worked at Bradford city centre branch of the bank, schemed with cashiers Mohamed Iqbal and Tommy Jackman at the Sloane Square branch of Barclays…
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NJ Psych Association sues State Health Benefits Commission, Horizon Healthcare Services and Magellan Health Services over patient confidentiality
Susan K. Livio reports: A psychologists group is suing two insurance companies and an administrative agency that serve 800,000 state employees, saying they are routinely demanding therapists hand over confidential patient information as a condition of getting paid. The New Jersey Psychological Association accuses the state Health Benefits Commission, along with Horizon Blue Cross Blue…
GE healthymagination.com ad depicts discomfort with loss of privacy
Aha! I’ve been waiting to find this on the Internet and thanks to MesoRx, I’ve found it: I agree with Millard Baker completely. Every time I see that ad run on TV I wonder if GE realizes that it’s ad backfires somewhat. Yes, it demonstrates the virtue of having one’s medical records available quickly, but…
FL: Hospital report out on shark victim photos (updated)
Bryan Garner reports: Martin Memorial completed an internal investigation regarding a privacy breach involving Stephen Schafer, a victim of a fatal shark attack on Feb. 3. […] Martin Memorial officials received a tip that hospital employees and possibly others took cell phone pictures of Schafer’s dead body and mailed them to others in violation of…
Ca: Private bank information discarded (updated)
Sensitive documents containing personal banking information were recently discovered in a Campbell River recycling depot by a Nanaimo man. The documents were found at the Vancouver Island Recycling Centre earlier this month and the discovery raises questions about the proper disposal of sensitive information by financial institutions. A multi-coloured plastic ribbon, stretching about 15 metres…
WA: UW medical records compromised
Mimi Jung reports: An alarming letter was sent to Charles Tomaras from the UW (University of Washington) Medical Center letting him know that someone had stolen his personal information, including his Social Security number, credit card number, birthdate and address….. The hospital says the information of up to 210 people could be compromised and thought…