Seanín Graham reports: The Information Commissioner has ordered an “enforcement investigation” into the Belfast health trust following the loss of “sensitive personal data” linked to a covert operation into allegations of sectarianism. Correspondence sent by the commissioner to a former security guard at Belfast City Hospital acknowledges the “extreme upset” caused by the trust’s secret…
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Brown-Darrell patients demand return of records
Jonathan Bell reports: Patients from Bermuda Healthcare Services and the Brown-Darrell Clinic met John Rankin, the Governor, yesterday to demand the return of medical records seized by police. […] The files were taken when authorities raided both clinics, owned by former Progressive Labour Party premier Ewart Brown, more than two years ago. The records were…
Health Apps Can Share Your Data Everywhere, New Study Shows
Samantha Cole reports: A new study out of the University of Toronto, published in The BMJ on Wednesday, highlights privacy issues around health apps by examining how medicine management apps share personal user data. The researchers found that most of the apps they tested shared sensitive information like medical history and demographics with third parties….
Ex-Rutgers doctor accused of filming women in bathroom has hearing delayed after prosecutors find 11 more computers
Sophie Nieto-Munoz The former Rutgers doctor accused of filming women in a bathroom had his hearing postponed Monday afternoon after a search warrant yielded nearly a dozen more computers. James Goydos, 58, is facing a 160-count indictment of alleged illegal activity over a two-year period, including burglary, computer theft and more than 100 counts of…