Bristol based Billing Pharmacy Limited has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements and has signed an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future. The ICO has found Billing Pharmacy Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of…
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UK: Bristol pharmacy pledges to improve security after breaching DPA
Bristol based Billing Pharmacy Limited has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements and has signed an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future. The ICO has found Billing Pharmacy Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of…
UK: Grampian NHS to improve security after breaching DPA
Richard Carey, Chief Executive of Grampian NHS, has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements by signing an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future. The ICO has found Grampian NHS in breach of the Data Protection Act after receiving reports of…
The Promise of Personal Health Records
Resolution of Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Privacy Enforcement Officials CONTEXT Personal health records (PHRs) have started to attract attention in Canada with recently announced services from the public and private sectors that will offer online health records for consumers. This has major implications for the development of the pan-Canadian electronic health infostructure. In this context,…
DC medical receptionist guilty in $2 million ID theft scheme
Associated Press reports that Makieta Leake pleaded guilty to stealing bank account information from patients as part of an identity theft ring. Leake is the fifth person to plead guilty in a ring that victimized Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.  According to AP: Leake admitted she stole information from 37 patients. She was paid between $200…
NJ woman charged with illegally accessing medical records
Shore News Today in New Jersey reports: An Absecon woman was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 2 for allegedly accessing someone’s medical records on the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center computer network, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel. Mildred Zamot, 30, accessed the records May 14 while she was working at Atlantic Gastroenterology Associates in Egg Harbor…