CBS in Denver reports that a suitcase containing a thumb drive with approximately 100 students’ unencrypted medical information was stolen from a school nurse’s car on October 5. The car had been left in a parking lot. The drive reportedly contained confidential health information for students from Eagleton, Castro and Munroe Schools. That information included…
VA says its patient records weren't compromised
Lois Henry reports: Responding to allegations that a doctor had taken confidential patient records out of the Bakersfield Veterans Administration clinic, the VA announced Thursday that three separate investigations over the course of seven months showed that no such patient information had been “released into the community or abused in any way.” “We are confident…
Four women indicted for stealing $750K in merchandise using patients’ information two of them allegedly stole while employed at medical practices
Associated Press reports: Four women have been indicted on charges of stealing more than $750,000 in merchandise using personal information obtained from patients in medical offices where two women worked. A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned the indictment on Thursday. The indictment alleges that 27-year-old Michelle Jernell Cole of Baltimore, and her sister, 30-year-old…
Half Of Federal Agency Security Breaches Caused By Lack Of User Compliance
MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, today announced the results of its new report, “Cyber Security Experience: Cyber Security Pros from Mars; Users from Mercury.” The study, underwritten by Akamai Technologies, Inc. , compares what cyber security professionals report about their agency’s security with what end users – Federal…
Hervé lifting
An insider breach previously reported on this blog continues to create problems for bank’s clients who were dodging their taxes. What Edward Snowden is to mass surveillance, Hervé Falciani is becoming to private banking. In 2008 the now 41-year-old native of Monaco walked out of the Geneva branch of HSBC, where he had worked for…
Manitoba’s Private Sector Privacy Law – Similar To Alberta’s Law, But Important Differences Exist
Michael G. Fekete of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP writes: On September 13, 2013, Manitoba joined Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta by enacting provincial private sector privacy legislation. Once it comes into force, Manitoba’s Personal Information Protection and Identity Theft Prevention Act (PIPITPA) will govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, including that…