CBC News reports that two nurses have been fined for privacy violations that did not involve snooping: Two Manitoba nurses have been slapped with $1,000 fines each in two separate incidents in which the confidential medical information of a patient was shared — in violation of privacy rules. Read more on CBC News.
Category: Insider
UK: Aviva hit by another insider data theft
The Drum reports: Aviva has admitted that a number of its employees stole the details of customers leading to some receiving up to ten calls per day in a bid to persuade them to make personal injury claims. It is the second time the insurance company has been hit by a data theft: a similar…
Veterans Administration September report includes four breaches, each affecting multiple veterans
Okay, so maybe I jinxed things when I reported how well the Veterans Administration had done in August in reducing the number of breaches involving personal information. By September, it was back to same old, same old. Here’s a brief rundown on the breaches involving personal information of multiple individuals reported by the VA to Congress for the month of…
Wiener Linien insider data breach and leak affects 20,000 customers
The Local (Austria) reports: Personal data belonging to around 20,000 customers of the Vienna public transport company Wiener Linien has been stolen and published online. The Wiener Linien said the data, which included personal information such as names, addresses and email addresses but not payment data, was stolen by a former employee of its online…
Alberta Health System investigating alleged privacy breach by 48 Calgary employees
Erica Stark reports: At least one health care worker has been fired and dozens more are facing disciplinary action after allegedly improperly accessing a patient’s information, a claim that the nurse’s union is disputing. Forty-eight employees of Alberta Health Services are under investigation by the health authority and the privacy commissioner after a routine audit revealed…
Ca: Prosecutor says hospital clerk should go to jail
Marco Chown Oved reports: She admitted to stealing more than 12,000 patient records from the maternity ward at the Rouge Valley Hospital and selling them for $1 a pop to financial firms, and for this Shaida Bandali should go to jail, an Ontario Securities Commission prosecutor said Tuesday. “Ms. Bandali essentially trafficked in the identities…