An update from Marco Chown Oved on the Rouge Valley Hospital insider breach reported last year: A former Rouge Valley Hospital clerk has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of patient records and selling them to financial brokers over the course of more than a decade. Shaida Bandali, 61, who worked at Rouge Valley from 1995-2014,…
Category: Insider
Duty of confidentiality trumps your desire to defend your reputation
Remember when Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional Medical Center were fined by federal and state agencies for breaching patient privacy? They had willfully disclosed patient details to the media after the media had reported the patient’s complaint about them. At the time, I noted that just because a patient discloses information, that does not give the covered entity the…
PA: Two York County Court clerks leak police information to suspects
Taniel Orr reports: Two employees in a York District Judge’s office have been let go after officials say they gave out sensitive information, which included a police officer’s work schedule, to suspects. According to charging documents, Solmaria Martinez-Arce, 31, also known as “Beba,” and Brittany Koons, 29, both of York, were desk clerks in Magistrate…
Ca: 900 patients affected by Saskatchewan’s Heartland Health Region privacy breach
The Star Phoenix reports: An employee has been terminated and roughly 900 patients are being notified following a privacy breach in Saskatchewan’s Heartland Health Region. According to a news release issued Thursday, a “detailed inquiry” was launched after the breach was reported in July. It found one employee inappropriately accessed personal health information of patients…
Manager at Video Game Maker Accused of Trade Secret Theft
Danny Yadron reports: A manager at a maker of a popular videogame was arrested last week as he tried to board a plane for Beijing after allegedly stealing trade secrets, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday. Jing Zeng, 42 years old, of San Ramon, Calif., allegedly downloaded data on how users interact with Game of…
Ninth Circuit overturns CFAA verdicts for misusing databases
Orin Kerr writes: The Ninth Circuit has handed down United States v. Christensen, a case that touches on a bunch of computer crime issues that include the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The court overturned CFAA convictions for employee misuse of a sensitive database. I think that result is correct, although I’m…