Vabren Watts reports: Medical communication companies (MCCs) are doing more than offering online continuing medical education (CME) courses to physicians—the companies may be monitoring clinicians’ website behavior as well. Researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health and the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine at Columbia University investigated the financial relationship between…
Category: Breaches
UK breach reports to the ICO in 2013 – analyses
The Information Commissioner’s Office posted some stats on breach trends yesterday: We use this page to show trends in statistics for data breaches reported to the ICO. We now have statistics for the first three quarters of this year, covering from April to December 2013. The latest update shows the continued trend of more incidents,…
Microsoft admits documents stolen in employee email hack included law enforcement inquiries
Shona Ghash reports: Microsoft has admitted that the hacking group known as the Syrian Electronic Army managed to steal confidential files when it broke into employees’ emails. The company said earlier this month thatthe group had managed to break into employees’ email accounts through a successful phishing attack. That was part of a wider hack which…
Outed by Google: Trans community raises privacy concerns
The Stream Team writes: Google’s latest operating system for Android, called the KitKat, has faced criticism from transgender users who say it fails to protect their privacy. A key feature of the software is Google+ integration with contacts, SMS messages and texts. Attention was drawn to the potential problems this update poses for trans users when a…