One of the concerns I’ve repeatedly expressed about surveys about churn and reactions to breaches is that they tend to ask people what they think consumers do, and not what they actually have done. Now we have a bit more actual data on churn from a new report based on interviews with over 750 Internet…
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Follow-up: Auckland district health board disciplined more than 30 staff members for snooping
Back in October, I noted a case involving staff at Auckland City Hospital improperly accessing and circulating the x-rays of a man who had an eel up his rectum. Radio New Zealand has the follow-up: A six month investigation has found 33 doctors, nurses and other staff breached the man’s privacy after he turned up at Auckland…
Amherst man’s gun permit reinstated; case raises questions about police access to medical records
There was a story from upstate New York that didn’t get my attention when I first read about it. A man was ordered to turn in his guns under New York’s new SAFE Act, allegedly because he had taken anti-anxiety medication and his mental health history made him a danger to himself or others. His…
HeLa again at the frontier of medical privacy
I was just reading a fascinating piece that made me aware of a book and case I need to be more informed about: On Twitter I was discussing the latest insult to the family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells are still an important laboratory tool long after her death. The ethics here are…
NZ: Privacy breach over Jesse Ryder's medical files
From Radio New Zealand, the bad news and the good news: Canterbury District Health Board has apologised for a privacy breach in which cricketer Jesse Ryder’s medical file was accessed by unauthorised hospital staff. Ryder was admitted to Christchurch Hospital on 28 March with a fractured skull and collapsed lung, following an attack outside a…
Medical, dental records found in church recycling dumpster
Here’s a report from Mar. 18 that I missed when it was first posted by WTHR in Indianapolis: Thousands of patient records found by our 13 Investigates team are now in the hands of state investigators. Late Tuesday afternoon, special agents with the attorney general’s office picked up boxes loaded with thousands of sensitive, personal…