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Octomom Nadya Suleman says she didn't tell sperm donor of her decision to implant remaining embryos

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dissent

  The Tribune Newspapers reports: Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman told a celebrity Web site that she wants her children to have a father in their lives but that the sperm donor was upset and resentful when he heard about her pregnancy. …. In an interview with Radar Online, she said she used sperm from the…

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(Update) UK: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust breaches the Data Protection Act

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

This is a follow-up to the incident previously  reported here. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trust reported a desktop computer containing sensitive personal information relating to around 3,500 patients was stolen. Although the computer was password protected, it was…

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(Update) Belfast: Bank details on stolen laptops

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

As an update on a story reported here, BBC is now reporting that the computers stolen from the Department of Finance and Personnel in Belfast contained personal financial details: An email informed them that the computers contained information such as national insurance numbers and bank account details. It read: “Two of the laptops contained a…

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ME: Printing glitch leads to ‘breach’

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

Betty Adams of The Kennebec Journal reports: Almost 600 people receiving unemployment benefits last week got direct-deposit information — including Social Security numbers — belonging to another person. Dick Thompson, head of the state Office of Information Technology, said the misinformation was sent out May 27 while the office produced material for the Department of…

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UK: Sensitive information sent to wrong address

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

Liam Sloan of Newbury Today reports: A [West Berkshire Council] blunder led to intimate details of vulnerable youngsters being posted to the wrong person. Worlds End resident Alayne Summers was shocked to receive a torn, wrongly-addressed envelope containing 100 pages of highly-sensitive information about troubled pupils applying for places at West Berkshire schools. The documents…

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The benefits of an opt-out policy

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

As a privacy advocate, I generally advocate for opt-in as opposed to opt-out policies.  But here’s a report from the medical field that shows the potential benefits of opt-out.  Micheal Carter of aidsmap reports: Implementing a policy of routine opt-out HIV testing led to the diagnosis of 3000 HIV infections in children admitted to hospital…

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