Dara Bradley reports: New guidelines for supervising students conducting research at University Hospital Galway (UHG) were put in place following the discovery of a serious breach of data protection of female patients at the hospital. The guidelines were put in place in response to one of a number of data protection breaches, including release of…
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Saskatchewan Cancer Agency patient privacy breach
Canadian Press reports: The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency says it has disciplined two employees for viewing the private health information of 48 people they were not providing care for. The information they looked at included patient names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, health services numbers as well as information about diagnostic tests, medical exams, clinical…
Ca: Victoria Police investigating after employee records tossed in cardboard bin
CTV reports: Police are investigating a possible privacy breach after a Victoria sporting goods business tossed boxes upon boxes of personal information in a downtown cardboard recycling bin. Six boxes, which contained sensitive private information including social insurance numbers and bank and health records, were discovered by a CTV employee in the bin behind Sports…
Users’ data compromised after technical glitch at Home Office contractor
Saeed Kamali Dehghan reports: A contractor that provides visa services on behalf of governments around the world, including the UK, has suffered a serious technical glitch that allowed personal data to be compromised. VFS Global, which acts for around 45 governments, released online application forms this week that used sequential reference numbers, allowing users to…
Ex-employees probed in attack on Hacking Team
Manuela D’Alessandro of Reuters reports: Milan prosecutors are investigating six former employees of surveillance software maker Hacking Team in connection with a massive attack on the data system of the Italian cybersecurity firm, sources familiar with the case said on Friday. […]Investigative sources said the six suspects had already been placed under investigation in…
UK: Jeremy Hunt in hot water after ‘breaching patient confidentiality’ by posting hospital visit picture on Twitter with board of names on it
Sam Matthew and Lydia Willgress report: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of breaching patient confidentiality by tweeting a photo to his 70,000 followers from a hospital visit. He came under fire after the image of himself with medics at University College Hospital in London captured a board listing patients on the ward in…