Three HSBC firms have been fined more than £3m for failing to adequately protect customers’ confidential details from being lost or stolen. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said customer data had been lost in the post on two occasions. The firms concerned are HSBC Life UK, HSBC Actuaries and Consultants, and HSBC Insurance Brokers. […]…
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UK: Patients' records may have been accessed by hackers
Hackers managed to infiltrate phone systems at a Bodmin hospital and St Austell doctors’ surgery and could have accessed confidential medical information about patients. Phone systems at Bodmin NHS Treatment Centre and Polkyth Surgery in St Austell were both hacked into by people trying to use the systems to make their own calls. Bodmin Treatment…
Multiple EHR certifying entities proposed
While people are kicking around certifying EHR systems, core issues of consent have not been adequately addressed. So what are we certifying — that System A will comply with laws and standards that stripped you of your right to control who has access to your electronic health records? Initial recommendations of the federal HIT Policy…
Berkeley woman used ID theft to get breast enhancement, liposuction
A Berkeley woman was sentenced to state prison Tuesday for using identity theft to steal more than $24,000 in breast work and liposuction from a cosmetic surgeon in Greenbrae. Rosland Renee Edwards, 37, received a term of 32 months by Judge James Ritchie. Part of the sentence was for the Marin case, and part was…
Council warned after laptop thefts
Highland Council has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act after two laptop computers containing personal information – including the medical details of around 1400 people – were stolen from its Inverness headquarters. Both laptops were password protected and stored in a locked office, but they were not encrypted and no additional security…
Stolen laptop “may have” held customer data
On July 8, a laptop that may have contained some customer information such as names and credit card numbers was stolen from an employee of Henry Schein, Inc. Although the laptop was password protected, the data were not encrypted. By letter dated July 16 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Kristen J. Mathews of …