680 News reports: A hospital employee at Brampton Civic Hospital allegedly used the private information of a hospital day surgery patient to obtain narcotics, which were then never given to the patient. A CityNews viewer shared her correspondence letter with the hospital in August of this year informing her of the privacy breach. The letter says her…
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Privacy breach at Burns Lake hospital
A privacy breach has recently occurred at the Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre in Burns Lake. Approximately 150 people were affected. “We are notifying individuals whose health information was inappropriately accessed by an employee,” explained Eryn Collins, a spokesperson for Northern Health. Read more on Terrace Standard.
Insider Data Theft Court Cases Climb 25%
Phil Muncaster reports: The number of High Court cases in which sensitive corporate data has been stolen by employees has increased by 25% in a year, according to a London law firm. EMW senior solicitor, Felix Dodd, claimed that an increase in staff turnover could be the cause of the rise, from 40 cases in…
Aadhaar data leak: 210 govt websites publicly revealed citizens’ private details, reveals RTI query
Rohit KVN reports: Even though the government has framed stringent rules to curb illegal access and displaying of Aadhaar details in public domain, a new report has emerged that the central and state-run websites have themselves blatantly leaked the private details of the Indian citizens who enrolled for Aadhaar. In a Right to Information (RTI) query,…
AU: Ambulance staff sue over their medical files being sold to lawyers
Harriet Alexander reports: Ambulance staff whose medical records were sold to solicitors will launch a class action against NSW Ambulance in the Supreme Court on Monday in an action that will test privacy law. NSW Ambulance contractor Waqar Malik was convicted of unlawfully disclosing personal information last year after he sold the worker’s compensation files…
UK: Nursing auxiliary fined for unlawfully accessing patient records
And while we’re talking about insider breaches, here’s a case from the U.K. From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A nursing auxiliary has been fined for accessing a patient’s medical records without a valid legal reason. Marian Waddell, 61, was working at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport when she unlawfully accessed the records of the…