An update on a court case we’ve been covering on this and related sites: Several media organizations on Thursday joined a Nebraska historical society’s fight to obtain the names of 957 people buried in unmarked graves at a former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The organizations filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting a lawsuit filed…
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CVS Caremark's Privacy Practices, Conflicts of Interest Subject of D.C. City Council Hearing
Received this press release by e-mail from Change to Win: On Friday, Jan. 9 at 10:00 A.M., D.C. Councilmember David Catania will chair a hearing of the NAME to look into how CVS Caremark’s practices regarding patient privacy could be impacting D.C. consumers and other questionable practices by the retail drug giant. The hearings…
UK: 'Curious' NHS worker loses unfair dismissal appeal
A MEDICAL records worker fired for accessing a high-profile patient’s confidential file has lost her unfair sacking claim. Elaine Duncan, a former cancer information officer in Edinburgh, admitted viewing information about a high-profile individual who had been featured in media reports, out of “curiosity”. […] Ms Duncan, of Hoseason Gardens, Edinburgh, was fired for gross…
States Push To Encrypt Donor/Client Info
Michele Donohue reports: Fred Schultz, CEO and founder of the Foundation for Positively Kids (FPK) in Las Vegas, deals with a lot of confidential information in his program for medically-dependent children. The organization stores names, addresses, medication, family information and donor credit card information. A good portion of that information arrived via email. That system…
Police: ID thief targeted Hilfiger, Cuban
Rob Douglas over at InsideIDTheft.info spotted a news story we missed over the holidays: Authorities said a New York man stole tens of thousands of dollars using credit cards taken out in the names of rich and famous men. A police source said Gregory Mortel, 23, used credit cards in the names of rich men…
Laws target health ID theft
Melinda Mawdsley reports: New federal regulations aimed at detecting potential health identity theft are changing some procedures at Grand Valley businesses. Patients checking in at local hospitals or physicians’ offices can now expect to show photo identification at every visit. That wasn’t always the case, local hospital officials said. Read more in GJsentinel.com