Benjamin Wright is an attorney who teaches e-discovery, data security and cyber investigations law at the SANS Institute. In commenting on the recent matter of Lucile Salter Packard Hospital being fined for not notifying patients within 5 days of confirming that PHI were on a stolen computer, Wright states: Yet I will say that it…
UK: IT manager at Hull PCT pleads guilty in snooping charges
As a follow-up to a case reported on this blog previously: Dale Trever, 22, a data quality manager at Hull Primary Care Trust, has pleaded guilty to snooping through patients’ medical records over 400 times. Most of them were the records of family members, friends, and colleagues. Anh Nguyen reports in Computerworld (UK): At Hull…
Hannaford Litigation Ruling Finds Plaintiffs Cannot Prove Damages
Andy Serwin of Foley & Lardner comments: Harm in the privacy litigation context is a difficult concept for plaintiffs to prove. There have been a number of cases that have ruled that plaintiffs cannot meet their burden and prove damages sufficient to state a claim. Courts have consistently ruled that plaintiffs cannot easily meet their burden…
Update/Pointer: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust hospital identified
Lister Hospital was the hospital involved in the recent East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust incident where a junior doctor left a flash drive with unencrypted patient information on a train. More here.
Ca: Psych report of veterans critic inserted in minister's briefing: documents
Murray Brewster reports: Confidential medical and financial information belonging to an outspoken critic of Veterans Affairs, including part of a psychiatrist’s report, found its way into the briefing notes of a cabinet minister. Highly personal information about Sean Bruyea was contained in a 13-page briefing note prepared by bureaucrats in 2006 for then minister Greg…
Maine Supreme Court: Hannaford breach victims cannot sue for time and effort
Following what appears to be a pretty well-established pattern by now, Maine’s Supreme Court has dealt victims of the Hannaford Bros. breach what will likely be the final blow, telling them that they cannot sue unless they have suffered unreimbursed financial losses, physical harm or identity theft. In their opinion, they state: We, therefore, are…