The Canadian Press reports: Hundreds of patient records at the Nova Scotia Health Authority were inappropriately accessed in two separate incidents involving six employees. The health authority is reaching out to 337 patients whose personal health information was accessed in the widespread privacy breaches. A spokesperson said the privacy breaches are among the largest on…
Ca: District School Board of Niagara reaching out to parents after privacy breach
Allan Benner reports: District School Board of Niagara is hoping to hear from parents to determine the extent of a privacy breach at a Welland high school. DSBN communications manager Kim Yielding said the school board is asking parents of students at Welland Centennial Secondary School to call 905-641-2929, ext. 54117, and leave a message…
Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner Welcomes the Enactment of the Apology Ordinance
(14 July 2017) The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (“Privacy Commissioner”) Mr Stephen Kai-yi WONG welcomed the passing of the Apology Bill by the Legislative Council yesterday (13 July). Mr Wong said, “The enactment of the Apology Ordinance will generally help to protect persons who wish to make an apology without fear of…
UK: NHS medic posts confidential patient data of new mums on Facebook
Martyn Halle and Nicola Fifield report: The confidential patient data of 31 new mums at a scandal-hit NHS hospital was posted on Facebook by a medic. Sensitive details were revealed by Italian researcher Luigi Carbone, who was working on a study to improve detection of pregnancies with a high risk of pre-eclampsia. Mr Carbone uploaded a photo of his laptop…
In: NIFT student arrested for hacking Institute website
Local Police arrested an eighth semester NIFT student last evening for hacking the official website of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and tampering with the marks-sheets, police said here today.Kangra Sub Divisional Police officer Surinder Sharma told UNI this evening that NIFT Director S Balasidartha had lodged a complaint with police today that the…
Veterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases breach reports
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…