Raisa Habersham reports: A former clinic employee is accused of stealing patients’ information and using one of the victim’s identity to rent a car, Atlanta police said. Police are not releasing the identity of the woman, who is still on the run and has 10 warrants to her name, Channel 2 Action News reported. The…
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OR: Lawsuit alleges ex-principal accessed private information
A. J. Kato reports: Former Seven Peaks School principal Megan Martin is being sued by the school for allegedly downloading private documents about students and staff. In court papers filed Friday, the school alleges Martin “improperly and without authorization downloaded thousands of the School’s electronically stored files… (containing) highly sensitive student and parent information.” The…
New Jersey Man Charged in Hacking and Illegal Wiretapping Scheme
Sept. 28 – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for alleged computer hacking and wiretapping of his former company’s email server, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Jian Yang Zhang, a/k/a “Kevin Zhang,” 37, of Edison, New Jersey, is charged complaint (sic) with one count of unauthorized access of a protected computer…
$1,000 cheques sent out as court ruling payout for privacy breach at Shelburne Roseway Hospital
This strikes me as considerably more than plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit here would get for a similar breach. Amy Woolvett reports from Nova Scotia: Cheques were delivered last week surrounding the privacy breach of hundreds of people at Roseway Hospital. Victims of the breach are each being issued a $1,000 cheque. On June…
NY: Woman Stole Elderly Identities To Fund ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’; Cops Say
CBS News reports: A Huntington Station woman has been accused of ripping off physical therapy patients to pay for cosmetic surgery. Suffolk County Police say Andrea Echevarria pilfered personal information from records kept by her old employer, Deer Park PTDC — a physical therapy office located in Deer Park. Authorities allege that Echevarria used the…
UK: Information Commissioner’s Office announces prosecution
Date: 21 September 2017 Type: Prosecutions Sector: Local government Nilesh Morar has been prosecuted at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court for the offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data. The defendant, who at the time worked at Leicester City Council, emailed personal data relating to 349 individuals, which included sensitive personal data of service users of the Adult…