Follow-up to an incident originally covered on PogoWasRight.org: Prosecutors have cleared energy provider GS Caltex, two of its information managers and affiliate GS Nextation of allegations that they failed in their duty to protect personal information of more than 11 million customers. Five employees of GS Nextation, an insurance affiliate of GS Caltex, were prosecuted…
Author: Dissent
UK: North patients hit by records loss
Adam Jupp reports: […] We accessed details of all “serious, untoward” incidents at the North East Strategic Health Authority — SHA — since it was set up in 2006. The SHA oversees all heath services in the region, ranging from hospitals to GP surgeries and ambulance trusts. Figures reveal that at least 175 patient records…
NC: Probe of UNCG security breach finds fewer people put at risk
Ryan Seals reports: A computer breach discovered at UNCG in December didn’t effect as many students and employees as once thought, officials said Wednesday. An investigation of the breach, which was caused by a computer virus, revealed that a possible 275 people may have been impacted from the data loss. The breach was traced to…
Ca: B.C. doctor censured for article about soldier's death
A Vancouver Island doctor who wrote about operating on a dying Canadian soldier in Afghanistan has been censured by the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons for revealing intimate details about the patient. Dr. Kevin Lee Patterson has admitted that he was guilty of unethical and unprofessional conduct with respect to breaching patient confidentiality, the…
NC: SECU probes fraud cases after security breach
Renee Chou reports: Officials with the State Employees Credit Union are investigating 40 cases of fraud in the wake of a security breach at a company that processes credit card payments nationwide. […] SECU receives card transactions through Visa, which receives the transactions from Heartland. The credit union has issued new credit cards and personal…
UK: Banks refuse to pay card fraud refunds as surge in victims leads to harder stance on claims
Sean Poulter reports: Banks are increasingly refusing to compensate card fraud amid a surge in the number of victims. One in four Britons – more than 12million people – has been a victim of some form of card fraud in the past year, research has revealed. The average loss was more than £650, with one…