Stephanie Castillo reports: The University of Oregon (UO) is under fire for using a student rape victim’s therapy records against her after she sued the campus for mishandling her sexual assault case. […] FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of students’ “education records.” These records refer to records directly related to a…
DE: Burglars break into the offices of Michael Schumacher's top doctor sparking fears they have stolen medical data revealing the true extent of his ski crash injuries
Allan Hall reports: Burglars have broken into the office of one of Michael Schumacher’s top doctors, raising fears they have stolen medical data that reveals the true extent of his condition. A laptop was among the items stolen in the break-in at the surgery of Dr Johannes Peil, 60, who has been one of the…
Ontario government under fire over inaction on health privacy law
This past week, American media picked up on a Pro Publica story of February 27 that echoed what I had noted again four days earlier: there have been relatively few monetary penalties issued by HHS for breaches. As I’ve also noted at times, and despite the serious problem of insider breaches for tax refund fraud, HHS has issued no monetary penalty for failure…
Report of credit card breach at Mandarin Oriental
Brian Krebs reports: In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, upscale hotel chain Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group today confirmed that its hotels have been affected by a credit card breach. Reached for comment about reports from financial industry sources about a pattern of fraudulent charges on customer cards that had all recently been used at Mandarin hotels, the…
AL: Former Dothan police officer arrested
I read a news report earlier today saying a Dothan Police officer had resigned after being charged with identity theft and credit card fraud, and I wondered if he had misused police databases or if the identity theft occurred outside of his work. It turns out that the identity theft allegedly occurred while he served…
UK: ICO prosecutes Transport for London employee for snooping
From the ICO’s enforcement listings: A former support clerk working for Transport for London has been prosecuted at Westminster Magistrates Court for unlawfully accessing the oyster card records of five individuals who were family members and neighbours. Bernard Fernandes was fined £240, ordered to pay a victims surcharge of £20 and £618 prosecution costs. via…