The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a husband and wife who used fraudulent identities to obtain credit cards were sentenced in federal court today by Senior United States District Court Judge William J. Nealon. According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Ruth Singh, age 31, and Kuldeep…
Adolescents' Needs for Health Care Privacy
Maria T. Britto, Tanya L. Tivorsak and Gail B. Slap have authored a research report, “Adolescents’ Needs for Health Care Privacy,” in Pediatrics (2010, vol. 126). Here’s the abstract: OBJECTIVE: To understand adolescents’ preferences for multidimensional aspects of privacy, including psychological, social, and physical, and con?dentiality (informational privacy) in the health care setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS:…
Geisinger informs patients of disclosure of protected health information
Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System has posted the following announcement to their site: In accordance with Geisinger Health System policy and applicable federal regulations, Geisinger Health System has notified approximately 2,928 patients that some of their Protected Health Information (PHI) has been disclosed in an unauthorized manner. On November 6, 2010, Geisinger became aware that on…
Mozilla accidentally publishes user IDs and passwords hashes
Chester Wisniewski writes: On Monday, Mozilla, the developer of popular open source applications like Firefox and Thunderbird, announced that a database containing usernames and password hashes belonging to users of addons.mozilla.org had been posted publicly by accident. If you registered for an account on addons.mozilla.org and you are one of the 44,000 users who might…
Doctor sex misconduct cases monitored in secrecy
Megan Twohey reports: A private program that has long kept secret watch over Illinois doctors receiving substance-abuse treatment is now monitoring health care professionals with sexual misconduct violations — including some convicted of crimes. Begun several decades ago by the state’s doctors’ lobby, the Illinois Professionals Health Program has drawn criticism for the off-the-books nature…
FL: Locals fall victim to credit card fraud
Chris Segal reports: When credit card bills from holiday shopping sprees arrive, consumers are encouraged to double-check charges, as local fraud claims are spiking. Bay County sheriff’s investigators on Monday reported a string of credit card fraud claims from customers of local banking institutions. Customers with Visa cards from Innovations Federal Credit Union and Tyndall…