Normally, something about a Skype vulnerability might be posted over on DataBreaches.net instead of this site, but because therapists may use Skype for online therapy or to communicate with patients, I thought maybe I’d post this one here. Swati Khandelwal writes: A serious vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft-owned most popular free web messaging and…
Category: Healthcare
Parents Sue Michigan Over Database of Baby Blood Samples
Here we go again – states collecting newborn babies’ blood samples – for good purposes – but then hanging on to the samples, or even selling the samples to third parties. I’ve covered cases like that in Minnesota, Texas, Indiana, and California. And now Courthouse News reports a case in Michigan: But on Thursday, four…
Class Complaint Alleges Port Authority Doctors Illegally Videotape Exams
Colby Hamilton reports: In-house medical personnel at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are secretly video recording interactions between its employees and doctors, a new class action complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleges. Charlene Talarico, a senior administrative secretary, stated that, after a physical…
Lawsuit over Anne Pressly’s medical records remains alive
This case has been going on for years, and you can find coverage of it on this site starting in 2008. And as a privacy advocate, I’m obviously strongly on the side of holding hospital and healthcare personnel responsible and accountable if they violate patient privacy or confidentiality. And indeed, some employees were fired and…