If you think it’s “excessive” to fire an employee for snooping in patients’ records, then you don’t get the importance of medical privacy. And for a union representing healthcare workers to try to claim that an employee shouldn’t be fired for repeated snooping just because others hadn’t been fired is, well…. disgraceful. What has happened…
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MA: Former Mercer employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info
A former Blackstone woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with her role in a scheme to steal personal information from clients of her former employer. Jasmine Banks, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit identity theft and access device fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin…
NM: Northern Navajo Medical Center patient information turns up in NM storage units
AP reports: A former employee at a northwestern New Mexico hospital walked off with information on nearly 7,500 patients, hospital officials said. Documents in cardboard boxes turned up in storage units near Farmington. They were taken from the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock last fall without authorization, officials said. Read more on KOAT. Notification…
Ca: Possible client data breach at Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police
Brenda Neufeld reports: Alberta’s Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police are investigating a potential privacy breach of client data from the department that collects and enforces court-ordered child and spousal support. Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley says she’s extremely disappointed to hear about the possible breach in the Maintenance Enforcement Program. An MEP…
NY: Claim That Sheriff’s Agency Accessed Confidential Samaritan Hospital Records Proceeds
There’s an update in litigation that stemmed from a medical privacy breach involving the Rensselaer County Jail and Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York. It’s a case that I’ve blogged about a number of times since early 2013, when we first learned that employees of the jail had their medical records improperly accessed because a…
UK: Tesco data thief must return from Lithuania for sentencing
From the hey-fella-wanna-come-back-so-we-can-sentence-you-please? dept: A rogue supermarket worker who stole sensitive customer data from his employers is to be called back from Lithuania. Thomas Wengierow was absent from Dundee Sheriff Court on Friday, where he would have faced sentencing for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act. The 47-year-old delved into databases while working…