Lives of thousands of cancer patients are at risk following the looting of computers that store vital data for them at the Cancer Diseases Hospital, a heist that has shocked medical personnel. The specialised hospital is located within the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) premises in Lusaka. Medical personnel have described the theft as a ‘death…
Marine pleads guilty to federal identity theft fraud
Wayne K. Roustan reports: A 23-year-old U.S. Marine is looking at up to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges in an identity theft case that victimized fellow Marines stationed with him in Afghanistan, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer announced Wednesday in Miami. Jobson Cenor, of North Miami, plotted with Dorothy…
Calgary Board of Education admits flub after publishing private info about trustees
Jeremy Nolais reports: Calgary Board of Education officials have removed expense documents from the organization’s website after realizing some of the published material contained private information. Partial credit card numbers and expiry dates, personal home and cell phone numbers as well as information concerning the place of work of at least one trustee’s husband was…
That "HIPAA Release" says WHAT?
Over on Simple Justice, criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield discusses a news story that is an eye-opener of sorts. It has do with how the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has tried to capitalize on our tendency to not really read HIPAA release authorizations we are asked to sign at a doctor’s office. Read the following carefully:…
Sensitive social service files found on TV set that was former Enfield Council building
John Dunne reports: An urgent investigation has been launched after dozens of confidential social services files were found at an abandoned town hall in London. The documents, including highly sensitive reports on parents turned down for adoption and the case notes on the Victoria Climbié case, were left on shelves and tables on public view…
UK: Files containing personal information found in skip in Llandudno
Dave Powell reports: Files containing job applicants’ personal details were found dumped in a skip. A shocked member of the public discovered the documents and passed them to the Daily Post. We have chosen not to identify the two women named in the dossiers but the way that the files appear to have been carelessly…