Joe Thomas reports: A Merseyside police officer is facing a disciplinary probe over allegations she used force computers inappropriately and failed to tell bosses of her links to someone with a criminal conviction. PC Paula Humphreys will appear before by a misconduct panel next week over the accusations. The hearing, scheduled to begin on November 30, will…
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UK: Thousands of medical records lost in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary flooding
BBC reports: Thousands of medical records were lost during flooding at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary earlier this year, NHS Grampian has revealed. Torrential rain caused severe flooding in parts of the city on 7 July. A secure basement at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary containing a records library was affected. NHS Grampian said 8,100 records could not be…
Data Security & Privacy Concerns for the Indian Banking Industry
Ratan Jyoti, Chief Manager (Information Security), Vijaya bank, writes: … In last year or two, there has been a sudden spurt in data theft in Indian banks. It is estimated that Indian Banks are directly losing a significant part of their income due to data theft. In terms of reported incidents, the figure of loss…
Ca: Hospital clerk fined $36,000 for selling patient records
Jacques Gallant has a follow-up to a case that I’ve been covering on this site since it was first disclosed: A former Rouge Valley hospital records clerk was fined $36,000 and given two years of probation on Monday for selling thousands of maternity patient records to RESP firms. Shaida Bandali, 62, pleaded guilty earlier this…
Linux Australia suffers another data leak
Sam Varghese reports: Linux Australia has suffered a second leak of data from its servers, according to a message sent to its main mailing list by president Joshua Hesketh. The umbrella organisation for Linux user groups in the country suffered a data breach in March this year. Hesketh said a limited amount of personal information had…
UK: IFA pulls clients from Ascentric after ‘terrible’ data breach
Charles Walmsley reports: Sussex-based Prosperity IFA director Simon Munday is set to pull his clients from the Ascentric platform after a technology error allowed one of his clients to access another adviser’s client portfolios. Munday (pictured) has 129 clients with around £10 million of assets under advice on the platform but will move them onto other…