Alex Stevenson reports: A database monitoring 1.5 million suspicious criminal transactions may be insecure, a committee of peers has warned. The House of Lords’ EU committee backed the view of the information commissioner that access to the Serious Organised Crime Agency’s Elmer database may be too wide. The database is Soca’s main tool in identifying…
Ca: Privacy at risk after burglary at doctor's office
Earlier today I posted a news item about how Medicare numbers of some New Brunswick, Canada patients were being reissued after a breach involving a clinic. This report, below, suggests that the breach was worse than originally reported: New Brunswick’s privacy commissioner says a break-in this month at a Woodstock doctor’s office poses a serious…
(Ohio follow-up) Two sentenced in Franklin County Municipal Court ID Theft Case
Kathy Lyn Gray reports: Two Columbus residents will spend two and half years in federal prison for taking information from the Franklin County Municipal Court website and stealing people’s identities. Judge Gregory L. Frost sentenced Katura Mozelle, 23, today in U.S. District Court in Columbus on charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud…
UK: Organ donation preferences of over 400,000 people recorded inaccurately
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The organ donation preferences of 444,031 people were recorded inaccurately on the Organ Donation Register (ODR) due to a software error, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. In March 2010 NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), who manage the Register, discovered irregularities between the organ donation information stated on Driver…
Sg: Teen sues plastic surgeon over nude photos for scar ops
Interesting case in Singapore: A teen who had undergone surgery for the removal of a scar on her thigh is suing the plastic surgeon and the Specialist Surgery & Laser Centre for damages arising from emotional distress and personal trauma. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named had gone to the Orchard Road clinic to get…
UK: Police apologize over data loss incidents but need crystal ball at this point
This is somewhat painful to read. Maybe Jack Nicholson’s available to do a movie we could call, “As Bad as It Gets?” James Burke reports: Police in Gloucestershire have admitted to a data loss incident involving confidential details, although the force also confesses it has no idea what information was lost. An investigation by the…