Mary E. O’Leary reports: The large database compiled by Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, which is the subject of a whistleblower complaint, appears to violate a statute that forbids disclosing the home addresses of public safety and court personnel. A review of the 36,000 names kept by her office includes more than 750 firefighters,…
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Release of Random Drug Testing Results Raise HIPAA Challenge
I posted this to PHIprivacy.net, but since it also involves a workplace situation, thought I’d post it here too: Curt Varone writes: Fire Lieutenant Shawn Baptist was fired last year from the Zephyrhills, Florida Fire Department after he allegedly failed a random drug test on February 23, 2009. He is challenging the termination as well…
Court says students can sue over strip search
Dan Sewell reports: A federal appeals panel ruled Friday staffers at an Pike County vocational school can be sued by high school nursing students who were strip-searched after a reported theft. The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected immunity for the school officials, standing by an earlier conclusion that the…
Judge unseals affidavit in iPhone prototype case (update 1)
Joshua Melvin reports: A judge this morning agreed to make public the justification for raiding the home of a tech-site writer at the heart of the iPhone prototype case. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan said the basis for the warrant to search Gizmodo writer Jason Chen’s home should be released because some…