Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog write: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered into a consent order with the media service Snapchat for not living up to its promises about how it maintains the privacy and security of user’s data. The FTC order prohibits Snapchat from “misrepresenting the extent to which it maintains the privacy, security, or confidentiality of…
States Selling, Sharing Risky Personal Health Data
Greg Slabodkin reports: Nearly all states collect hospital discharge data with 33 states selling or sharing de-identified information–not covered under HIPAA. That raises concerns that the hospitals are turning over data potentially vulnerable to re-identification, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Read more on Health Data Management.
Two NYU College of Dentistry employees busted last year for stealing and misusing patient credit card information
Larry Celona and Christina Carrega-Woodby report: A marijuana bust led police to uncover a massive identity theft operation that officials at the prestigious university tried to hush up, law enforcement sources told The Post. Joel Scott and James Giscombe Jr., who work with patients treated at the school, were busted last summer for allegedly lifting…
UK: Moray Council employee left sensitive info on children in a café
The Moray Council has signed an undertaking to improve data protection following an incident in July 2013 when a bundle of papers with personal and sensitive personal data was left in a local café. The papers related to a Moray Permanence Panel hearing and contained detailed reports regarding the adoption of two children, as well as shorter reports relating to 19 further…
UK: Moray Council employee left sensitive info on children in a café
The Moray Council has signed an undertaking to improve data protection following an incident in July 2013 when a bundle of papers with personal and sensitive personal data was left in a local café. The papers related to a Moray Permanence Panel hearing and contained detailed reports regarding the adoption of two children, as well as shorter reports relating to…
Ie: Annual report by Data Protection Commissioner
Elaine Edwards reports: Action is needed to tackle deficiencies in how the public service protects the personal data of citizens before such action is triggered by a “crisis”, the Data Protection Commissioner has said. Billy Hawkes was speaking today on the publication of his annual report for 2013, which is his final annual report in the…