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UK: Police authority leave confidential complaint details on website

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Dissent

The Mirror reports that Cambridgeshire Police left confidential complaint details on its website for 6 days.

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HIV patients sue MGH

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Dissent

Ethan Jacobs of Bay Windows reports: Two HIV-positive patients filed suit against Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) May 12 alleging a violation of their right to privacy after an MGH billing manager lost a bundle of documents on the MBTA Red Line train in March containing the patients’ names and HIV statuses. […] The suit stems…

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Ca: Province solves medical mailing problem

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports: New Brunswick health officials say they have corrected a mailing problem that caused confidential medical reports intended for a doctor to be mistakenly sent elsewhere. For over five years, Irene Doyle got a number of letters from the department of diagnostic imaging at Acadie-Bathurst Hospital that were sent to her post…

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RBS Gets an OK on PCI, But Is It Back in Visa’s Good Graces?

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Digital Transactions reports: RBS WorldPay Inc., the other big merchant acquirer besides Heartland Payment Systems Inc. to report a major data breach in recent months, this week announced that it has attained validated compliance with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, or PCI.

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DHS: Information-sharing platform hacked

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Ben Bain of FederalComputerWeek reports: The Homeland Security Department’s platform for sharing sensitive but unclassified data with state and local authorities was hacked recently, a DHS official has confirmed. The intrusion into the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) was confirmed to Federal Computer Week by Harry McDavid, the chief information officer for DHS’ Office of…

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TX: Medical records found in recycling bin

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Erin Cargile and Hal Nelson of KXAN report that “dozens of boxes with thousands of patients’ personal information and medical histories” and Social Security numbers were dumped in a recycling bin outside a Goodwill store in Cedar Park at Parmer Lane and FM 1431. So far, no word on who the responsible party or parties…

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