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Over on Simple Justice, criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield discusses a news story that is an eye-opener of sorts.  It has do with how the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has tried to capitalize on our tendency to not really read HIPAA  release authorizations we are asked to sign at a doctor’s office.  Read the following carefully:…

Left hand, meet right hand. Dee Duren reports: The City of Tulsa announced that no personal information was compromised in a recent website “hack.” In fact, what they thought was a security breach was actually a test by a third-party firm hired by the City’s Internet technology department. The incident cost the City about $20,000 for a…

There’s an infographic making the rounds that I decided to post as it provides a convenient recap of some of the data. Double-clicking on the image in a new window will open it up full-size so you can actually read it. 🙂   

When Michael Ramirez recently used Rite Aid’s mobile app to check on a prescription, he never expected to be able to access other customers’ names, addresses, and prescription records. But he was able to, and now Ramirez, a computer scientist working for the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in Charleston, is going public…

Lyle Denniston writes: The Supreme Court, getting set for opening its new term, decided this week that it will take a serious look for the first time in nearly five decades at the constitutional privacy – or not – of individual’s blood chemistry.  The justices agreed to decide whether police can order that a blood…

A policy paper from the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) submitted this week to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) is the country’s leading privacy advocacy organisation. I write as Chair of the Health Sub Committee of the APF and refer to the eHealth record system OAIC Enforcement Guidelines…