Urmee Khan reports: The TV Licence renewal documents – including names, dates of birth, first lines of address and National Insurance numbers – were sent to 1,199 residential care homes in December 2008. The details of 16,521 people over the age of 75 were sent out, but many were sent to the wrong care homes….
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CA: Leader of Santa Cruz ID theft crime ring sentenced to prison
Jennifer Squires reports: An Aptos man who ran a sophisticated crime ring that stole credit card numbers, fenced electronics purchased illegally and sold heroin, cocaine and steroids pleaded guilty to dozens of charges Friday. Paul Munster, 33, was sentenced to eight years in state prison and ordered to pay more than $80,000 in restitution to…
UK: GPs win battle to stop researchers' records access
Ministers have scrapped plans that would have granted researchers access to identifiable medical records without patient consent after an uproar among GPs over patient confidentiality. A passage included in the draft NHS Constitution, which could have granted researchers unrestricted access to patient data, has been dropped from the final document. The Department of Health confirmed…
UK: NHS refusing to let patients opt out of Summary Care Record
NHS bosses leading the rollout of the Summary Care Record are refusing to take no for an answer from patients who say they want to opt out, Pulse can reveal. GPs in the first wave of the rollout are being asked to send their PCT a list of patients opting out of the programme, despite…
Laptop theft at airport affects Stanley Works employees
Last Wednesday, The Stanley Works notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that on December 15, a corporate laptop was stolen at an unnamed airport. The laptop contained files with personal information of employees of The Stanley Works and its subsidiaries, including their names and Social Security numbers and some salary information. According to notification…
TX: Irving ISD Employees Victims of ID Theft
Seema Mathur reports: Some 50 Irving Independent School District employees have had their identity information stolen. Police are calling the crime a serious case of identity theft. According to Irving police, detailed information such as social security numbers and birth dates were taken. […] According to police, Mercado is one of more than 50 people…