Anna Skinner reports: After nearly a year of litigation between Westfield Mayor Andy Cook and Clerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard, the Westfield City Council asked the city’s Director of Informatics, Chris Larsen, to remove the BeyondTrust software from the clerk-treasurer’s office computers during a June 13 council meeting. The meeting included public discussion between council members, Larsen…
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Charged with Unlawfully Obtaining Cell Phone Location Information
A Deputy U.S. Marshal has been charged by indictment with unlawfully obtaining cell phone location information by misusing a law enforcement service, and later making false statements about his use of that service. Adrian Pena, 48, of Del Rio, Texas, made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday in the Western District of Texas. According…
HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Audio-Only Telehealth
June 13 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), is issuing guidance on how covered health care providers and health plans can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services when such communications are conducted in a manner that is consistent with the applicable…
NZ: ACC review finds privacy policies outdated, poorly understood by staff
RNZ reports: A damning independent review has found ACC‘s privacy policies are outdated, have gaps and are poorly understood by staff. The review, carried out by lawyer Linda Clark and released today, was commissioned by ACC’s board after RNZ revealed a group of call centre staff had shared, and laughed at, client information in a private…