The Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower has been hit with a $187,500 fine for failing for a second time to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient information, state pubic health officials said today. [Updated at 3 p.m.: A spokesman for the hospital said the fine was part of the ongoing investigation into employees improperly accessing…
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CDT testimony on reevaluating REAL ID
From CDT.org: CDT testified Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on reevaluating the REAL ID Act. CDT testified in support of the PASS ID Act, noting that it mitigates or corrects critical privacy and security flaws introduced by REAL ID, while still establishing minimum federal standards for the issuance…
Court upholds IL abortion notification law
The 7th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a latent Illinois law requiring doctors to notify the parents of teenage girls seeking abortions, calling it “a permissible attempt to help a young woman make an informed choice about whether to have an abortion.” In a case spanning nearly 25 years, a group of physicians challenged the Illinois…
Yoo responds to report criticizing him: Editorial
John Yoo, the attorney who was allegedly hand-picked by the Bush administration to be read into the President’s Surveillance Program so that he would give them paper providing legal justification, has responded to last week’s report by inspector generals on the program and his role in it. In an op-ed piece in today’s Wall Street…