Associated Press reports: Gov. Paul LePage plans to sign into law a bill that’s aimed at protecting the privacy of medical marijuana patients. The governor plans to sign Rep. Deb Sanderson’s bill in his office Friday morning. The Chelsea Republican’s bill changes Maine’s medical marijuana law to ensure access and clarify and enhance law enforcement…
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VA: Suffolk doctor faces federal privacy law charges
Elizabeth Simpson reports: In a rare prosecution of a possible health privacy violation, a federal grand jury has indicted a Suffolk psychiatrist on charges he disclosed personal medical information. Dr. Richard Kaye, 62, a former medical director of the psychiatric unit at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, was indicted in U.S. District Court in Norfolk…
(follow-up) FL: Holy Cross Hospital ID theft ring members plead guilty and are sentenced
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Henry Gutierrez, Special Agent in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, announced yesterday’s sentencing of Jimmy Lee Theodore, 27, of North Miami, following his plea of guilty to charges of wire fraud, unauthorized use of an access device (debit card), and aggravated identity…
2 fired at University of Iowa Hospitals for peeking at records
Clark Kauffman reports: The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has fired a medical assistant for allegedly violating patient privacy by reporting a colleague’s suspected patient-privacy violations. If you read the details in the Des Moines Register, though, the case seems a bit tricky – the employee did admit to looking over a colleague’s shoulder,…
Lulzsec 2011 census released – UPDATED – or not!
In a message that undoubtedly should send shudders down the spines of those involved in the security of UK census data, the hacking collective known as LulzSec posted a message on Pastebin yesterday: Greetings Internets, We have blissfully obtained records of every single citizen who gave their records to the security-illiterate UK government for the…
Medical marijuana advocates set to file constitutional challenge
Jefferson Dodge reports: At least one Boulder County resident is planning to challenge state laws regulating the medical marijuana industry in court this month, and dispensaries are being asked to chip in to fund the effort. Kathleen Chippi, a Nederland resident and former dispensary owner, says that within the next week, she plans to file…