Canadian Press reports: Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says 49 health workers unlawfully viewed and used information about a Calgary patient and her daughter in 2015. The investigation started after the Alberta Health Services privacy office was notified of a breach of information by the emergency department manager at South Health Campus. The patient’s file…
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Insiders Accused of Stealing Personal Data From Homeland Security
Nicholas Fandos and Ron Nixon reports: It was an audacious scheme: an attempted inside job at the office of a federal watchdog agency, where the cops, the authorities said, became the robbers. Three employees in the inspector general’s office for the Department of Homeland Security stole a computer system that contained sensitive personal information of…
Ca: Brampton Civic Hospital employee used private patient information to get opioids
680 News reports: A hospital employee at Brampton Civic Hospital allegedly used the private information of a hospital day surgery patient to obtain narcotics, which were then never given to the patient. A CityNews viewer shared her correspondence letter with the hospital in August of this year informing her of the privacy breach. The letter says her…
Privacy breach at Burns Lake hospital
A privacy breach has recently occurred at the Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre in Burns Lake. Approximately 150 people were affected. “We are notifying individuals whose health information was inappropriately accessed by an employee,” explained Eryn Collins, a spokesperson for Northern Health. Read more on Terrace Standard.
Insider Data Theft Court Cases Climb 25%
Phil Muncaster reports: The number of High Court cases in which sensitive corporate data has been stolen by employees has increased by 25% in a year, according to a London law firm. EMW senior solicitor, Felix Dodd, claimed that an increase in staff turnover could be the cause of the rise, from 40 cases in…
Aadhaar data leak: 210 govt websites publicly revealed citizens’ private details, reveals RTI query
Rohit KVN reports: Even though the government has framed stringent rules to curb illegal access and displaying of Aadhaar details in public domain, a new report has emerged that the central and state-run websites have themselves blatantly leaked the private details of the Indian citizens who enrolled for Aadhaar. In a Right to Information (RTI) query,…