Disclosing breaches shouldn’t be optional – regardless of whether we’re talking about the U.S., Canada, or the EU. Ellen Roseman writes: Do you have a right to be notified if your confidential data is exposed to others online? Only Alberta has mandatory security breach reporting. The federal government and some provinces are trying to change…
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Ca: North York hospitals post notices to patients after privacy breach
I’ve noted this breach before, but it’s interesting that the privacy commissioner has ordered the hospitals to post notices on their web sites. Lisa Queen reports: Humber River Hospital and North York General Hospital were required by the provincial privacy commissioner to post notices on their websites advising maternity patients that their personal information may…
5 million ‘compromised’ Google accounts leaked
RT reports: A database of what appears to be some 5 million login and password pairs for Google accounts has been leaked to a Russian cyber security internet forum. It follows similar leaks of account data for popular Russian web services. The text file containing the alleged compromised accounts data was published late on Tuesday on the…
Law Professors Ask California Supreme Court To Review Pharmaceutical Liability Case
Back in June, I noted an interesting case described by Evan Brown. PDX v. Hardin involves Section 230 immunity for a software provider whose software was used to produce truncated medication monographs that omitted drug warnings. The modification in their software had been made at their client’s (Safeway’s) request. It’s not the type of case I’d typically include on…
Advocate Health wins another dismissal of claims following theft of laptops
From the no-surprise-to-me dept.: Advocate Health, which had already succeeded in getting other potential class action claims dismissed, has now also succeeded in getting a claim that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act dismissed. Plaintiffs, who generally attempt a variety of state and federal claims in breach lawsuits, had argued that by failing to adequately secure patient…
TX: Break-in at Arlington Dentist's Office Puts Hundreds at Risk for Identity Theft
Tim Ciesco reports: An Arlington dentist says the personal information of more than 500 patients could be at risk following a break-in at her office. Arlington police said some time between the night of August 23 and the morning of August 25, someone pried open the door to Dr. Vonica Chau’s practice off of Matlock Road and…