A police officer has gone on trial accused of using a police station computer to vet one of his wife’s tenants. Harry To, a constable with Fife Constabulary, is said to have accessed the force’s “Crimefile” computerised recording system without authority on seven occasions. Read more on STV. Long-time readers realize that this is not…
Massachusetts: state of the breach reports, 2011
Massachusetts has provided another update/report on data breach notifications they receive. You can access the full report (pdf) on their web site. Here are a few snippets from the report: Since the Data Security law, c. 93H, went into effect, the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation has tracked the data breach notifications it…
CT: Waterbury Saint Mary’s Hospital Patient X-Rays, Medical Information, Used By Radiology Tech Students Without Permission
The headline only tells half the story. George Gombossy reports that not only was this going on, but a student who raised the issue/concern was told to keep it secret. Many of the x-rays allegedly contained patients’ name, date of birth, and physician notes. Sharp-eyed readers will be wondering why the instructor, who was a…
Rubio’s Warns Shareholders And Workers Compensation Claimants That Their Data Were Stolen From Auditor’s Car
If you follow me on Twitter (@pogowasright) or follow @datalossdb, you’ll know that over the past few months, I’ve started just sending some items directly into the database without reporting them on this blog. A few nights ago, I added a bunch to the database – some of which I tweeted – after discovering that…
Doctor's laptop + unattended car = you can write the news story…
We could all write the news report by now as it’s same old, same old. Erik Rosales reports: A Fresno doctor is offering a $500.00 reward for the save return of a stolen computer. For more than 20 years, Dr. Gloria Traje-Quitoriano has helped heal sick kids in the area. Her office is in downtown…
Hospital Blamed for Pictures of Dead Son
Kevin Koeninger reports on a lawsuit with some distressing allegations. It seems that Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester allegedly allowed three youth access to the corpse of a young gunshot victim. The youth were not related to the deceased young man (although seemingly told hospital staff that they were), and took photos of his corpse…