Dr. Deborah Peel, the founder and Chair of Patient Privacy Rights, recently gave a TED talk, “Designing Technology to Restore Privacy.” You can watch it here: Her talk may feel somewhat overwhelming or even depressing, as the sale and non-consensual use of our health information is rampant – and legal. So what can we do?…
Canada: Employer’s Potential Liability In Class Action For Employee’s Breach of Privacy
Ryley Mennie of McCarthy Tétrault LLP writes: A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice highlights the increasing focus on (and potential liability arising from) customers’ and clients’ privacy rights and the importance for employers to properly monitor the activities of their employees. Additionally, while the decision comes from Ontario, which, unlike British Columbia, has…
Personal files from late Orlando attorney’s office thrown in dumpster
Shell Muniz reports: An Orlando woman is angry after finding out her private information was tossed into a dumpster without being shredded — and hers wasn’t the only information that got treated that way. The files appear to belong to clients of Frank Bartolomeo at The Baldwin Park Law Firm. The attorney passed away last…
WellSpan Health notifies employees of possible data, privacy breach
Mollie Durkin reports: WellSpan Health has notified its employees about a situation that could expose the health system to a risk of federal health information privacy violations. In a Friday email, employees were told they could have unknowingly downloaded private patient information to their non-work devices, said WellSpan spokesman Barry Sparks. The email said if…
Rady's Children's Hospital breach occurred four times, not 2?
To follow up on two recent breaches: Rady Children’s Hospital has uploaded notification of their recently disclosed breaches to the California Attorney General’s site. Their notification for the 2014 breach can be found here (pdf). Their notification for the 2012 breach that they discovered in the process of investigating the 2014 breach can be found…
AL: Hardee’s worker busted for stealing credit card numbers at Greenville drive-thru
Lindsey Rogers reports: A Greenville woman is accused of stealing credit card numbers from customers at a Hardee’s fast food restaurant. Investigators say she then used the information to buy thousands of dollars worth of clothes, shoes and jewelry online. Tanya Powell, 41, of Greenville, was arrested Monday and charged with fraudulent use of a…