Cory Franklin, a physician, has a commentary on HIPAA in the Chicago Tribune that begins this way: Recently, at my local Starbucks I asked the barista behind the counter about a medical problem she had that will require surgery. Her answer left me astonished, “Management said I can’t talk about my health — it’s a…
Author: Dissent
For sale: Personal details of millions of Ladbrokes gamblers
Jason Lewis and Sandra White report: The confidential records of millions of British gamblers who bet with top bookmaker Ladbrokes have been offered for sale to The Mail on Sunday. The huge data theft is now at the centre of a criminal investigation after this newspaper was given the personal information of 10,000 Ladbrokes customers…
Update on Columbus Public Health incident
Bill Bush provides additional information on a breach first reported yesterday involving personal information of Columbus Publc Health employees: None of the health department’s 450 employees have reported identity theft, said spokesman Jose Rodriguez. The department thinks the information of as many as 300 current employees and about 100 former employees was compromised, he said….
OH: Personal Info Stolen From Columbus Health Workers
10TV reports that hundreds of Columbus Public Health employees were notified that personal information pertaining to some of them was stolen. The station says that the email notification read, in part: Our department was notified earlier this week that Columbus Police recovered stolen financial records and papers from Columbus Public Health as part of an…
It’s Not Supposed to Work Like This
Michael Winerip of The New York Times recounts the experience of an AmEx customer who logged into his new American Express business credit card account account online only to discover he had accessed a stranger’s account: “I could see all her personal information,” said Mr. Goldstein, who was both transfixed and fearful that he had…
Indonesian Police Intensifying Efforts To Investigate ATM Scams
The Indonesian police are working closely with banks to protect customers and investigate this week’s reports of ATM break-in cases which may cause national banks to lose about Rp5 billion (RM1.8 million), Indonesia’s Antara news agency reported. “The Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) of the National Police has sent telegrams to all regional police chief detectives…