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Author: Dissent

NZ: Breach confirms TestSafe privacy fears

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Dissent

Jodi Yeats of New Zealand Doctor Online reports: A data breach in Auckland’s controversial regional lab tests repository has confirmed health sector fears about regional databases. A phone call from a patient in late May alerted Auckland regional DHBs to privacy breaches in Auckland’s controversial regional community laboratory results repository, TestSafe, affecting 150 patients. The…

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Stolen safe with Breakout Apparel customer checks recovered

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Dissent

I haven’t seen this in any media source, but the Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection updated its site to report an incident involving Breakout Apparel Co. According to the site, a burglary occurred at the business and a safe with checks from customers along with cash was stolen. A total of 222 customers who paid…

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NZ: Breach confirms TestSafe privacy fears

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Dissent

Jodi Yeats reports: A data breach in Auckland’s controversial regional lab tests repository has confirmed health sector fears about regional databases. A phone call from a patient in late May alerted Auckland regional DHBs to privacy breaches in Auckland’s controversial regional community laboratory results repository, TestSafe, affecting 150 patients. The patient was attending an outpatient…

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Cedars-Sinai worker gets prison for stealing patient records

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Dissent

This is a follow-up on a story covered previously. A former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center employee was sentenced to four years, eight months in prison after pleading guilty today to stealing patient information to defraud insurance companies of $354,000. The hospital had sent letters in December to more than 1,000 patients, warning them that their personal…

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La Verne teacher claims Kaiser Permanente nurse violated her privacy

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Dissent

Amanda Baumfeld of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports: When stories about hospital privacy breaches turn into lawsuits, there’s usually a celebrity name attached. Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and Nadya Suleman have all claimed medical staffs snooped through their confidential records. But celebrities aren’t the only ones alleging violation of their privacy. A second- grade…

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Computer hackers victimize Portsmouth coffee shop customers

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Dissent

Gina Morris of Providence Journal reports: One day last August, the Secret Service paid a visit to the new owners of Custom House Coffee off West Main Road. The news they brought was bad: Computer hackers, whereabouts unknown, had used sophisticated spy software to break into the store’s wireless network and steal the credit and…

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