Following up on a previous blog entry: a Florida judge has rejected Casey Anthony’s defense attorney’s argument that a jailhouse video of Anthony should remain sealed as she had been sedated. The argument was that once she had been sedated, any footage should be subject to medical privacy protections. Kyle Hightower of Associated Press reports:…
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AU: Fines levied for e-health data breaches
Brett Winterford reports: The Federal Government will penalise health practitioners to the tune of $66,000 for any personally controlled electronic health record compromised, leaked or “inappropriately accessed” under draft e-health legislation released today. Health Minister Nicola Roxon said in a statement that she expected the PCEHR system to be “more secure and private” than paper-based…
No decision on Casey Anthony jail video
Anthony Colarossi reports: Chief Judge Belvin Perry heard arguments about whether jailhouse video of Casey Anthony should be unsealed and released to the public Wednesday, but he recessed court without ruling on the issue. The video shows Anthony’s response upon learning that the remains of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie were found in the woods…
Millions of student exams, tests and data exposed?
On September 19, Darren Pauli reported: Multiple zero-day security vulnerabilities have been found in the world’s most popular educational software – holes that allow students to change grades and download unpublished exams, whilst allowing criminals to steal personal information. Vulnerabilities in the Blackboard Learn platform have the potential to affect millions of school and university…
Commentary: Obamacare HHS rule would give government everybody’s health records
As always, consider the source. Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas has an OpEd in the Washington Examiner that begins: It’s been said a thousand times: Congress had to pass President Obama’s health care law in order to find out what’s in it. But, despite the repetitiveness, the level of shock from each new discovery never…
NC: Agency: Missing Surry documents have been found (updated)
Richard Craver reports: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that the Surry County Department of Social Services has found a box of client reports that had been thought to be lost. Earlier in the day, the state agency had said the missing July reports appeared to have been lost in the…