James Wood reports: Disciplinary measures have been dropped against dozens of Alberta Health Services employees in the case of a massive alleged privacy breach in Calgary, although some workers still face sanctions. In October, AHS announced 48 employees working out of South Health Campus faced disciplinary action, with at least one being fired, for improperly accessing a patient’s information….
Disclosure of patient’s mental health status and treatment results in strong response by Serbia’s Commissioner of Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection
Marko Popovic and Bogdan Ivaniševic of BDK Advokati write: In December 2015, a journalist disclosed one patient’s health data in a TV show. The data were related to the patient’s mental health and his treatment in the mental health clinic “Dr Laza Lazarevic”, in Belgrade. The Serbian Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection (“Commissioner”)…
Nearly 21,000 customer records hit by Blue Shield security breach
Courtney Perkes reports: Blue Shield of California announced Thursday that personal information from nearly 21,000 individual and family plan customers was accessed in a security breach late last year. The information included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Read more on Orange County Register. This incident does not appear to be on…
Data breach class action dismissed against SuperValu for lack of standing
Another lawsuit over a data breach has been dismissed for lack of standing. This time it’s SuperValu, who was sued for two breaches in 2014. Kathryn Rattigan writes: Last week, a Minnesota court ruled that a consolidated class action filed against SuperValu retail chain failed to assert any harm, finding that while SuperValu did suffer…
Hyatt says 250 of its hotels had malware last year
There’s an update to the breach reported by Hyatt Hotels in December. Joseph Pisani reports: Hyatt said Thursday that it found malicious software in about 250 of its hotels, including five in the Chicago, that may have exposed customers’ credit- and debit-card numbers and other information to hackers. It’s the first time the hotel operator has listed…
Thai justice system hacked by Blink Hacker Group; personal info dumped
It appears that Anonymous is not quite done going after the Thai justice system with its #BoycottThailand campaign. Recent attacks on almost 300 government sites have been in response to the conviction of two migrant workers in the murder of two British backpackers, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge – a conviction that Anonymous finds totally unjust. Not only has Anonymous defaced government sites,…