Libby Wilson reports: An alleged privacy breach involving doctors’ own health and safety information has sparked debate. Waikato District Health Board human resource staffers entered health and safety files of specialists without authorisation, according to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). The union has advised its Waikato members to stop using or giving medical information to the board’s Health and Safety Service. Read more on…
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FINRA fines Raymond James $500,000
Linn Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: Financial services firm Raymond James Financial Services Inc. (Raymond James) has agreed to settle an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for $500,000. The investigation stems from allegations that Raymond James requested that new financial advisers disclose and bring confidential customer information to Raymond James when…
UKTV executive sacked after stealing huge cache of confidential TV data from media regulator
Patrick Foster reports: A television company that is part-owned by the BBC has sacked one of its executives, after he offered to provide them with a huge cache of confidential broadcasting data stolen from Ofcom, the media regulator. UKTV, which operates channels such as Dave and Gold, is understood to have been offered six years’…
Denver Police Using Sensitive Database for Personal Use
There’s nothing much new in here if you’ve followed this stuff for years, but some folks still need a reminder and wake-up call not to tolerate this type of insider wrongdoing: U.S. police officers in Denver, Colorado are only lightly punished if caught using confidential criminal databases for personal reasons like finding out a woman’s…
Riverside woman to be sentenced for fraud, ID theft of 50 medical patients
Debbie L. Sklar reports: A Riverside woman is expected to be sentenced Monday to at least two years in federal prison for stealing the private information of more than 50 patients of a Long Beach residential medical facility. Bridgette Jackson, 45, was convicted by a Los Angeles federal jury in January of conspiring to possess more…
OH: Information on some Geauga Medical Center patients improperly accessed
Andrew Cass reports: A former University Hospitals employee improperly accessed medical information of 677 patients at UH Geauga Medical Center, including personal information, according to a news release from UH. The information that may have been accessed includes names, dates of birth, medical record numbers and health information related to medications. According to the release,…