The province plans to resume mailing health card renewal notices more than a month after a printing “anomaly” caused a privacy breach. Incorrectly printed forms resulted in the personal information for thousands of children being mailed to strangers in April. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, Harry Malhi, said in an…
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Manitoba nurse fined $1,000 for privacy breach
Jane Gerster reports: A Manitoba nurse has been fined $1,000 for inappropriately accessing confidential patient information, the latest in a string of privacy breaches in recent years. The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba isn’t releasing details about what information the female nurse looked at or why, but makes clear in a written decision posted…
Ca: Website hack exposed Prairie Mountain Health patients’ personal, medical info
The Brandon Sun reports: Personal and medical information of more than 1,000 Prairie Mountain Health patients are at risk after an internal website was hacked. The regional health authority, in a statement Friday, said they do not believe the intent of the hack was to access personal information, but conceded they cannot exclude the possibility…
Ca: Paradise woman charged with accessing personal information at RNC
Annette Kennedy is the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary civilian employee who been charged with three offences under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, The Telegram has learned. The 49-year-old Paradise woman is scheduled to appear in provincial court in St. John’s June 19. Kennedy is a dispatcher with the RNC, a civilian position….
AU: Melbourne hospital in hot water as patients’ confidential medical records found on train
Aneeka Simonis reports: A Melbourne hospital has apologised after the confidential medical records of more than a dozen patients were found on a train. The Herald Sun understands the privacy breach, at the Northern Hospital in Epping, involved 16 patients. The documents, found recently on a South Morang line train, included patients’ names, home addresses, contact…
Qatar to ‘prosecute perpetrators’ of QNA hacking
Al Jazeera reports: Qatar has begun an inquiry into a security breach by hackers who posted fake remarks on its national news agency’s platforms by its ruler purportedly criticising US foreign policy. The incident comes just days after President Donald Trump met Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “The Qatar News Agency (QNA) website has…