Law360 reports: Allegations that a nurse at a major Chicago hospital tweeted about a shooting victim’s death and blood-soaked hospital room are a stunning cautionary tale that health care providers can use to hammer home how workers may be held liable for privacy lapses, attorneys say. A Chicago nurse allegedly tweeted this image of a…
Glassdoor ‘Carelessly’ Exposed 600K Users’ Emails, Suit Says
So here’s another lawsuit that I don’t see going anywhere. I had reported on the Glassdoor email gaffe here a few weeks ago. Now Law360 reports: The suit lodged by registered Glassdoor member Melissa Levine stems from an email that the site sent to its users on July 22, informing them about changes to its…
State hospital patients upset over medical data leak
Gordon Friedman reports: Patients at the Oregon State Hospital‘s maximum security ward report being upset that their private medical information was improperly shared by a hospital psychiatrist. On June 9, a psychiatrist used a cell phone to photograph a patient census sheet and accidentally sent it to six people, said Joni DeTrant, medical records director at OSH. The census…
Hack attempt on Garda computers forced shutdown of systems
Irish Mirror reports: A hacking attempt was made on Garda computer systems this week, it has emerged. The attack, which happened on Thursday, forced gardai to shut down a number of internal systems in an attempt to prevent sensitive data from being reached. […]Gardai said they identified a ‘zero day’ or new strain of…
Athens Orthopedic committed to rectifying data breach issues
One of the surgeons at Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia has written an open letter to patients and the community. I would encourage everyone to read it for perspective.
UK: Patients warned of ‘shocking’ data breach after nurse’s bag stolen from car in Cambridge
Cambridge News reports: Patients have been warned of a potential breach of their data after a nurse’s car was broken into and her handbag stolen. An out of hours car, used by a community nurse with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), was broken into on July 9 while parked outside a patient’s home in east Chesterton…