In the justice system: Stephen Bradford pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and faces a mandatory sentence of two years in federal prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution to ID theft victims. More. Three British Columbia residents and two Winnipeg women are accused in a credit card scam involving stolen and forged…
Author: Dissent
ID theft suspect’s charter rights breached
A provincial court judge has ruled a Chilliwack man arrested for allegedly violating other people’s personal domain had his own charter rights violated by police, though the police evidence against the accused will be admitted into the trial. Leigh Taylor Brandon faces 12 counts of identity theft offences, including fraud, possessing stolen property, possession and…
Baytown releases banking info for 10,000 by mistake
Baytown officials have notified 10,019 people cited by red light cameras that some of their personal banking information mistakenly was released to a resident who had filed a public information request about the controversial traffic program, Mayor Stephen DonCarlos said Monday. The mayor stressed the resident who received the information has deleted a spreadsheet —…
UCCS students’ personal info at risk
The personal information of nearly 800 students who attended the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs could be at risk. A faculty member’s laptop was stolen on July 5 from their home. 766 students who attended UCCS between 2003 and 2009 were notified. The information at risk includes social security numbers, along with students’ names…
Psychiatrists Must Beware the Perils of Cyberspace
An article by Jun Yan in the July 17 issue of Psychiatric News: If a patient has scattered personal information in cyberspace for all to see, can it be interpreted as his or her choice to relinquish confidentiality on this information? What if a patient denies suicidal ideation but posts suicidal messages on an online…
Those medical tests are yours
Los Angeles resident Rose Cohen says all she wanted was a copy of her laboratory test results. She’d been given a routine blood panel during an annual visit to her gynecologist and wanted to show the report to her internist. The results had already been returned to her gynecologist from the lab, meaning they were…