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UK: Nurse inappropriately accessed patient records for three years

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Dissent

STV reports: A night-shift nurse accessed the medical records of a colleague who was on sick leave. Lorraine Mcintosh faced disciplinary proceedings over her actions, which came to light when she was overheard discussing “blood test results and the reason for sick leave of another staff member” with a fellow employee. The nurse, who had…

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Canada Revenue Agency online tax services offline over possible security risk

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Dissent

Kevin Nielsen reports: The Canada Revenue Agency shut down some web services Friday afternoon after discovering a potential security breach. “We are not aware of any unauthorized access to taxpayer information and we continue to monitor closely,” CRA spokesperson Patrick Samson told Global News through email Saturday evening. “Digital services were taken offline as a precaution, not…

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NZ: LookSee Wellington privacy breach forces website shutdown

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Dissent

Chloe Winter reports: Personal details of tech experts who applied for free trips to Wellington for job interviews could have been seen by others. Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (Wreda) says a privacy breach forced it to shut down the LookSee website on Thursday. Aimed to help boost the ranks of mid and senior level IT experts in Wellington,…

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Inmates’ personal info mistakenly released to ID thief

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Dissent

Lou Whitmire reports: The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections mistakenly released the Social Security numbers of more than 2,000 inmates at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution to a convicted identity thief from Mansfield as part of a public records request. Read more on Mansfield News Journal.

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RI: DHS glitch results in 1095-B tax forms being sent to wrong parties

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Dissent

Katie Davis reports: A new glitch in the computer system at Rhode Island’s Department of Human Services resulted in more than 1,000 people receiving tax forms with the wrong information, putting their personal information at risk, state officials said Monday. The system, known as UHIP, has been plagued by problems since its launch in September…

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SLO County Clerk-Recorder’s Office accidentally releases Social Security numbers

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dissent

Matt Fountain reports: Twelve people, including 10 San Luis Obispo County residents, were notified this week that their Social Security numbers were “inadvertently” released to two private title companies because of a technical error, the county Clerk-Recorder’s Office said Thursday. The 12 people have been notified of the breach and urged to monitor their credit reports, Assistant Clerk-Recorder…

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