Lee Higgins reports: A Brewster salon owner stole more than $17,000 from customers, using their credit and debit card numbers to pay for a 10-day trip to a Georgia resort and a flight to North Carolina, the Secret Service said in court documents. Pamela Pinchbeck, 43, of Carmel, who owned Matthew David Hair Design on…
AU: Pharmacy sorry after records found at recycling centre
Sam Bidey reports: A Jamison pharmacy has apologised for accidentally dumping hundreds of private medical records, including cancelled and out-of-date prescriptions, at a recycling depot earlier this week. A Territory and Municipal Services officer was sent to the Belconnen Resource Management Centre on Monday night following a report that prescription medication had been found at…
Update to the inVentiv/Adheris lawsuit against HHS over prescription refill reminder programs
There’s an update to a lawsuit I mentioned the other day. The parties have filed a joint motion to suspend the schedule for briefing and motion for an injunction as HHS has agreed not to enforce the guidelines starting September 23 and to issue guidance. The key paragraphs of the joint motion: Following that telephonic…
Hanoi: 200 students off school because of hacker
Two hundred primary school students in Hanoi had a day off from school after a programmer hacked into the school’s messaging system to send a false notification to parents that students should take the day off. The programmer worked for a company that competes with the Ha Dinh school’s software provider and reportedly did it…
HHS Readies HIPAA Rule to Keep Mentally Ill from Buying Guns
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has sent to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule to lift legal barriers related to the HIPAA privacy rule that may prevent states from reporting mental health information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check. […] * “If an individual is prohibited from purchasing a firearm…
Luton Borough Council signs undertaking after data protection failures
An undertaking has been signed by Luton Borough Council following two incidents involving inappropriate handling of sensitive personal data. These incidents occurred after the council failed to implement recommendations made by the ICO for mandatory employee training following earlier incidents. The two more recent incidents involved sensitive personal data that was incorrectly handled by social…