James Wood reports: Disciplinary measures have been dropped against dozens of Alberta Health Services employees in the case of a massive alleged privacy breach in Calgary, although some workers still face sanctions. In October, AHS announced 48 employees working out of South Health Campus faced disciplinary action, with at least one being fired, for improperly accessing a patient’s information….
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Disclosure of patient’s mental health status and treatment results in strong response by Serbia’s Commissioner of Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection
Marko Popovic and Bogdan Ivaniševic of BDK Advokati write: In December 2015, a journalist disclosed one patient’s health data in a TV show. The data were related to the patient’s mental health and his treatment in the mental health clinic “Dr Laza Lazarevic”, in Belgrade. The Serbian Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection (“Commissioner”)…
Thai justice system hacked by Blink Hacker Group; personal info dumped
It appears that Anonymous is not quite done going after the Thai justice system with its #BoycottThailand campaign. Recent attacks on almost 300 government sites have been in response to the conviction of two migrant workers in the murder of two British backpackers, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge – a conviction that Anonymous finds totally unjust. Not only has Anonymous defaced government sites,…
Ca: Children’s Aid Society exposes sensitive information to a woman’s business partner
The Hamilton Spectator reports on one of those cases that doesn’t affect a lot of people, but has a significant effect for the individual who was affected: The Hamilton Children’s Aid Society is apologizing to a city woman for mistakenly disclosing confidential information about her to her business partner. Ayla Smith, 28, says the breach…
UK: Hospital trust rapped after it lost birth records and sent sensitive medical data to wrong person
Croydon Advertiser reports: Croydon’s hospital trust mistakenly sent a patient’s sensitive medical information to the wrong person. And while being investigated for that data breach, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust “misplaced” its register of births for April 2009 to May 2010 for five months. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has rapped the trust for the…
Anonymous claims it brought down 200 Thai websites over British murders verdict
Amy Sawitta Lefevre reports: International hacking movement Anonymous said it attacked hundreds of Thai government websites over death sentences handed down to two migrant workers for the murder of two British tourists. […] Some rights workers say they believe police forced the two into confessing under duress. Police denied that. In a message posted on…