There have been many news stories about the impact of identity theft on individuals, with some of the most serious stories involving people who were arrested because their identity had been stolen. But did identity theft indirectly contribute to a miscarriage as a lawsuit filed in Nevada suggests? Nick Divito reports: A pregnant woman with…
Category: Breaches
HHS wants contractor to test privacy of ‘anonymous’ data
Alice Lipowicz reports: Can personal medical data that has been stripped of its identifiers to protect privacy later be used to identify a specific person? That is the question that the Health and Human Services Department is hoping a research contractor can answer. HHS intends to hire a contractor to demonstrate either the “ability or…
Ca: Eastern School District breach violated Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
The Newfoundland and Labrador Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner recently released a report investigating a breach involving a stolen laptop containing student information. From the summary: On 3 November 2008 Eastern School District (“ESD”) notified this Office that a break-in had occurred at a teacher’s home and the teacher’s laptop computer containing the…
Ca: Privacy rules likely breached: commissioner
Gary Kean reports: The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner says it is likely there was an intentional breach of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act with respect to the disclosure of personal information contained in the Town of Steady Brook’s records nearly two years ago. However, in his report released…