Whoa. PTI reports: The provisions of Medical Council of India to protect confidentiality in patients’ records cannot override statutes of Right to Information Act, Central Information Commission has held. Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu held that after RTI Act has come into being, any rules which are not in conformity with the disclosure norms will be overridden…
Category: Breaches
Privacy policies and Security– can we get it right???
In a parent perspective on privacy, Olga Garcia-Kaplan writes: We talk about building trust so that we can work on protecting student data privacy, but it is difficult to protect student privacy only with policy. We need to also advocate for proper encryption of databases and privacy training. Only when we educate users (schools, districts,…
PA: The $30,000 email: Jane Does reach a figure to settle privacy suit
Susy Kelly reports: A Fayette County woman and her daughter have agreed to accept $30,000 to settle a violation of privacy lawsuit against Commissioner Angela M. Zimmerlink, according to documents filed in federal court Tuesday. The Herald-Standard had a lot of coverage of this case, but you need a subscription to read their articles, so…
Lawyer: Malware located on drive provided by police department in discovery
Bill Bowden reports: A lawyer representing three Fort Smith police officers in a whistleblower case said Monday that someone tried to hack into his computer by giving him an external hard drive contaminated with malicious software. Matthew Campbell of the Pinnacle Law Firm in North Little Rock has been representing three current and former Fort…