Author: Dissent

Old job applications of hundreds of people who sought employment at a former Rite-Aid drugstore were found tossed into an open dumpster Wednesday behind the now-shuttered store, revealing sensitive information of applicants that included Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses. [..] Some of the applications date back to 1996 and 1997, when it was…

John Pulley reports: A Colorado man receives a $44,000 bill for colon surgery he did not have. Social workers in Utah accuse a woman of giving birth to a methamphetamine-addicted baby and threaten to take away her children. A mortgage lender rejects an application to refinance the home of a couple whose credit history is…

Mary Moszynski reports: For the second time in less than a year, the Liberal government is facing questions over how a patient’s personal information ended up in an unsecure location. Officials were alerted on Monday that a student at St. Mary’s Academy in Edmundston discovered their homework was printed on the back of a medical…

The World Privacy Forum published a new report today, Red Flag and Address Discrepancy Requirements: Suggestions for Health Care Providers. The report discusses the applicability of the new FTC Red Flag regulations to the health care sector along with suggestions for providers. The recently issued regulations by the FTC require financial institutions and creditors to…

Two elderly women became victims of identity theft after a woman who was paid to care for them allegedly stole and misused their credit cards. The alleged identity theft occurred within the walls of the Wexner Heritage Center in Bexley, NBC 4‘s Lauren Diedrich reported. Read more on NBC4

Paul Hughes reports: Two of five laptops stolen from the Health Service Executive over the past twelve months were taken from a HSE premises in Mullingar. This week, the HSE confirmed the theft took place at the Ard Solas facility, part of the Midland Regional Hospital complex in Mullingar. The two were taken on the…