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AU: Patients’ medical records leaked online by pathology lab Sullivan Nicolaides

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Dissent

Anna Caldwell and David Earley report: An alarming privacy breach by one of Queensland’s biggest pathology labs has released patient medical histories on the internet. The names, contact numbers and private details of at least 100 patients, and potentially hundreds more, were plastered on the website of Brisbane-based Sullivan Nicolaides. Read more on news.com.au Update…

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NH Prescription Privacy Law At High Court

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Dissent

Two companies that collect, analyze and sell prescription information are mounting a Supreme Court challenge to New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law making doctors’ prescription writing habits confidential. In an appeal filed Friday, IMS Health Inc., of Norwalk, Conn.; and Verispan LLC, of Yardley, Pa., are telling the high court that the law violates their First Amendment…

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ACU says computer server hacked

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Dissent

Brian Bethel reports: An Abilene Christian University computer server was hacked near the end of February, but university officials do not at this point believe any personal information was distributed. An e-mail dated one week ago from the college’s information technology branch states that the school experienced a security breach in a database containing myACU…

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Prescription Drug Records at Risk

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Dissent

Former presidential candidate Bob Barr writes: My home state of Georgia may soon join those states that have enacted “Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs,” thereby making individual citizen’s prescription records subject to easier state and federal government snooping. Already nearly three dozen states have such programs in place, a primary reason for which is to receive…

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Firm Faulted For Giving Email Addys To Pharma

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Dissent

Les Luchter reports: The revelation that a company that enticed people to take a “Real Age” test sent emails based on their results on behalf of pharmaceutical companies sparked a range of reaction on Thursday. The New York Times reported that nine million people who have taken the Web-based health survey and agreed to free…

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Symantec Data Leak Remains Under Investigation (updated)

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Dissent

Brian Prince of eWeek reports: Law enforcement is still investigating how credit card information belonging to a handful of Symantec customers from the United Kingdom fell into the hands of an identity theft ring. Though speculation has focused on an employee of e4e, a call center in India, a spokesman for Symantec said its own…

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