For your file on “small breaches with big impact:” Barrie police Special Const. Ralph Hillyard was fired last week for what Greenwood calls “misconduct and unacceptable behaviour,” one day after Ontario court justice William Gorewich rebuked the officer for accessing restricted cell block video of a woman in custody that captured her using the toilet….
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NY: Ringleader In Orange County Bank Fraud And Identity-Theft Scheme
There’s an update to a case noted previously on this site. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 29, for running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Newburgh, N.Y. In February, following a trial in Orange County Court,…
Ca: Co-workers irate after Powell River nurse who snooped in medical files gets job back
If you think it’s “excessive” to fire an employee for snooping in patients’ records, then you don’t get the importance of medical privacy. And for a union representing healthcare workers to try to claim that an employee shouldn’t be fired for repeated snooping just because others hadn’t been fired is, well…. disgraceful. What has happened…
MA: Former Mercer employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info
A former Blackstone woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with her role in a scheme to steal personal information from clients of her former employer. Jasmine Banks, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit identity theft and access device fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin…
NM: Northern Navajo Medical Center patient information turns up in NM storage units
AP reports: A former employee at a northwestern New Mexico hospital walked off with information on nearly 7,500 patients, hospital officials said. Documents in cardboard boxes turned up in storage units near Farmington. They were taken from the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock last fall without authorization, officials said. Read more on KOAT. Notification…
Ca: Possible client data breach at Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police
Brenda Neufeld reports: Alberta’s Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police are investigating a potential privacy breach of client data from the department that collects and enforces court-ordered child and spousal support. Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley says she’s extremely disappointed to hear about the possible breach in the Maintenance Enforcement Program. An MEP…