Joel Eastwood reports: A major privacy breach at a Scarborough hospital is being investigated by Ontario’s privacy commissioner after the contact information of thousands of new mothers was leaked to companies that were allegedly paying off hospital employees. As many as 8,300 patients had their name, address and phone number turned over to private companies…
New Zealand to Require Breach Notice, Strengthen Cross-Border Transfer
Murray Griffin reports: The New Zealand government May 28 released a fact sheet detailing its intended proposals to update the country’s data protection regime, including the introduction of new controls on cross-border disclosures and a requirement that companies and public agencies provide data breach notification. Read more on Bloomberg BNA.
Follow-up: West Palm woman, leader of identity theft ring, given 10-year sentence
Julius Whigham II reports: A 36-year-old West Palm Beach woman who was the the leader of an identity theft ring has been sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday. Prosecutors said Jennifer Robinson, 36, organized a scheme to steal the identities of patients at a medical facility…
CA: State pharmacy controlled substance database doesn’t violate patients’ privacy rights
FourthAmendment.com informs us: A patient does not have a substantial enough state constitutional privacy right to overcome the public interest in making prescription controlled substances records inspections at pharmacies. Pharmacies are highly regulated, and there are sufficient other general protections of patient information. Reporting sales of controlled substances through the state database (CURES) is not,…
Bristol Community College Student Who Hacked Paris Hilton’s Phone Facing New Charges
Shannon McMahon reports: A Bristol Community College student who reportedly leaked incriminating photos he hacked from Paris Hilton’s cellphone in 2005 is facing new charges after allegedly breaking into his college’s computer network and a law enforcement computer. He is also accused of obtaining stolen bank card data for more than 14,000 account holders. […] The new…
Russian Charged With Running $100 Million Data Theft Plot
Sophia Pearson reports: An accused Russian hacker faces U.S. charges over his suspected development of malicious computer software that cybercriminals used to steal more than $100 million from businesses and consumers since 2011. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, 30, ran a criminal ring responsible for Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker, a form of malware known as ransomware, the…