Earlier this month, Rick Dean reported: Kansas State University officials say an internal error may have exposed on the Internet personal information from candidates seeking admission to the school’s graduate program in agronomy. In a news release Wednesday, school officials said 19 persons who had applied for admission to graduate programs between 2010 and 2013…
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Failure to patch Oracle leaves students and kids at risk of info theft
Jake Tapper reports that some organizations still haven’t patched Oracle, leaving sensitive information at risk of hacking: This month, [researchers] found that a weakness in Oracle’s software – that the company discovered in 2012 and provided a patch for – still remains a huge vulnerability to any customer that missed or ignored that news. Seely…
MA: Twin Sisters Charged with Stealing Mental Health Professionals' Information to Defraud Federal, State, Local Agencies
Here’s another case of identity theft for fraud. In this case, the names and license numbers of mental health professionals were misused to defraud Lawrence Public Schools, UMass Medical School, Medicare, and Medicaid. From the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office: BOSTON – Twin sisters who formerly lived in Burlington have been indicted and arrested in connection with…
Singapore health bodies have qualified right to use personal data in health research projects without consent
From Out-Law.com: Medical research using identifiable patient data can be carried out in Singapore without individuals’ consent in certain circumstances, the country’s data protection watchdog has confirmed. The Personal Data Protection Commission has published new guidance on how Singapore’s data protection laws apply in the health sector (29-page / 144KB PDF). The guidance contains an example which…
NY: Port Jefferson parents get wrong exam scores
Schools re-opened on Long Island right after Labor Day, and look, we already have a privacy breach. Elana Glowatz reports: Port Jefferson school district Superintendent Ken Bossert assured the community on Tuesday that an error that sent state test scores to the wrong households was a one-time occurrence. Many middle school parents visited the district…
SC: School district's handling of Ebola concerns divides board members
Sarah Bowman reports: Three weeks after Beaufort County School District teachers traveled to West Africa, several school board members and parents question the way the district handled public information about Ebola concerns. […] Board of Education member JoAnn Orischak said balancing public knowledge and employee privacy is difficult. “The district would never be able to…