Ruth T. Griggs writes: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, protects the privacy and security of patient health information. A common question from human resource managers has been what is the impact of HIPAA on an employer’s ability to collect employee health information for purposes of workers compensation, Family and…
UK: Cardiff & Vale University Health Board sign undertaking with ICO after loss of consulting psychiatrist's rucksack with sensitive documents
The Cardiff & Vale University Health Board have signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following the loss of documents containing sensitive personal data by a consultant. The ICO was informed of the loss of the consulting psychiatrist’s bag on November 26, 2012. The bag, which was attached to a child seat on the…
Thirteen men involved in Operation Payback indicted
Gil Aegerter reports: Thirteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous were indicted Thursday on conspiracy charges accusing them of coordinated cyberattacks on anti-piracy groups, government agencies, credit card companies and others, dubbed Operation Payback. The federal grand jury indictment, filed in federal court in Alexandria, Va., alleges that the 13 used distributed denial…
That was quick…
The Miami Herald reports that it took a federal jury less than one hour to convict a former Miami police officer who misused the D.A.V.I.D. driver’s license database to obtain identity information for a tax refund fraud scheme. Malinsky Bazile had been arrested in March.
Adobe warns 2.9 million customers of data breach after cyber-attack (Update5)
[Note: if you came to this site because you’re having trouble enrolling in Experian’s service with the Adobe activation code, jump to Update 5, below. Please do not simply post that the activation code didn’t work – tell us whether you tried Firefox if you were having problems with another browser.]. Adam Gabbatt reports that…
Personal laptop with unencrypted information on UCSF Medical Center patients stolen from employee's car
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center issued this statement yesterday, although you’re unlikely to find it just by visiting the center’s home page: UC San Francisco is alerting some of its patients to the theft of an employee’s laptop computer that held patient information. The security of protected health information at UCSF…