The Insurance Corp. of B.C. is defending its decision to enter into an agreement with B.C. chiropractors that could give the corporation access to patients’ medical records. Under the deal, ICBC will pay chiropractors a $900 flat fee for treating an ICBC customer. The chiropractor could then provide ICBC with records of the patient’s treatment….
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118 800 answers privacy issues: ‘We’ll tell you where we got your data from’
You’ve no doubt heard of 118 800: the directory inquiries service for mobile phones prompted predictable howls of outrage when it was announced last week. The 15 million-strong database was gleaned from buying mailing lists, among other things. We’re going to stick our necks out here and say we’re not bothered. We met with 118…
Mass. legislator: Revisit data security law
After months of outspoken complaints from business leaders who said Massachusetts data security laws were next to impossible to follow, one lawmaker wants to make compliance easier for the smallest and largest of businesses. A bill sponsored by Sen. Michael Morrissey, D-Quincy, would rewrite the law passed in 2007, essentially creating separate paths to compliance…
Locklear Electric files two new class actions over unsolicited faxes
A Wood River electric company has filed two new separate class action lawsuits against a chiropractor’s office and a real estate company, alleging the office and company sent unsolicited faxes to it, causing a waste of paper and employee time. Both complaints by Locklear Electric are nearly identical and were filed on the same day…