Breton Leone-Quick writes: … The legal liability of employers for data breaches by its employees is generally an underdeveloped area of the law. But a case currently pending before the Massachusetts Appeals Court will help determine the scope of this liability in Massachusetts. In the Superior Court case, Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., No. MICV2013-01322-D (Mass….
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Prima CARE notifying patients after binders with protected health information found in bushes
According to its web site, Prima CARE, P.C. is a large, multi-specialty medical group serving southeastern New England. Also according to their web site, a former employee improperly discarded binders with protected health information. A notice linked from their home page explains: Prima CARE has Recovered Documents Containing Patient Information On June 4, 2015, Prima CARE…
Ca: Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner and Saskatoon Health Region Authority at odds over privacy breach
David Giles reports that Ronald Kruzeniski, Saskatchewan’s information and privacy commissioner (IPC) and the Saskatoon Health Region Authority (SHRA) are at odds over whether disciplinary action taken against a snooping employee should be disclosed. The dispute arose in the context of an employee who snooped on her own records and five others’ records without a need-to-know. In…
Former correctional officer sentenced to prison for stealing identities of Troy jail inmates
Erin Edgemon reports: A former correctional officer at the Troy Police Department City Jail was sentenced to 32 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Devon Tucker, 31, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated…
IL: Batavia Container sues former employee for trade secrets theft
Eric Schelkopf reports that Batavia Container Inc. has sued a former employee, Robert M. Dunn. The suit alleges he stole company secrets before he left to work for a competitor, Victory Packaging, and that his employment with Victory Packaging was in violation of the provisions of a noncompete agreement. Read more on MySuburbanLife.com. In related coverage on The Daily Herald,…
Athletics roiled by mass doping allegations after blood test leak
Karolos Grohmann reports: Endurance runners suspected of doping have been winning a third of Olympic and world championship medals, two news organizations said on Sunday, after a leak of thousands of blood test results from 2001-2012 threw global athletics into chaos. Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper and Germany’s ARD/WDR broadcaster said they had obtained the secret…