German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, still reeling from a spy scandal earlier this year, admitted on Tuesday it had secretly and illegally monitored the health records of some of its employees. “The Deutsche Bahn management has received indications that the group’s security division collected employees’ illness-related information and circulated it within the group,” the firm…
Category: Health Data
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Gordon County authorities have arrested Sharon Kay Hoisington and charged her with two counts of receiving stolen property, and 12 counts of identity fraud. She is also the subject of investigations by the Calhoun Police, Murray County, Whitfield County, Bartow County Sheriff’s Offices, and the Dalton and Cartersville Police Departments. More….
Medical records found in nurse’s yard
Hundreds of highly confidential medical documents including a parents’ plea for help for her mentally ill daughter have been found dumped in a nurse’s backyard. The documents, found in see-through recycle bags in easy reach of passers-by, contained sensitive information about patients from across South London including names, addresses and whether they had arthritis, bunions,…
Confidential Wandsworth medical records found dumped in Sutton
Hundreds of highly confidential medical documents including a parents’ plea for help for her mentally ill daughter have been found dumped in a nurse’s backyard. The documents, found in see-through recycle bags in easy reach of passers-by, contained sensitive information about patients from across South London including names, addresses and whether they had arthritis, bunions,…
Suit claims Riverside County hospital breached patient's privacy
A patient who sought treatment last year from Riverside County Regional Medical Center has filed an estimated $1 million claim against Riverside County and the hospital that claims a facility employee revealed her medical information without her consent. Tiffany Collins, 26, discovered the information breach earlier this year when she ran into a former classmate…
Mistress allegedly uses wife's ID to get teeth fixed
Since I’ve got your husband, can I also have your dental insurance? Marie Swidra really must have wanted her teeth fixed, police say. So badly, in fact, she allegedly used the identity of the estranged wife of the man she’s living with, police said. Swidra, 45, of the 300 block of Doone Road, Fairless Hills,…