Keith Fraser reports: A class action lawsuit filed in Vancouver alleges that the RCMP has breached the privacy of a number of Mounties by wrongfully disclosing their mental health records. The suit says that the disclosure of the records in 2012 was done to undermine the work of Dr. Michael Webster, a longtime RCMP psychologist…
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Patient privacy paramount (editorial)
On September 26, I noted that the Oregon state board for psychology proposed disciplinary action for the University of Oregon psychologist who turned over a student’s counseling records to university attorneys. The psychologist was the head of the university counseling service. Today, the The Register Guard has an editorial that begins: The University of Oregon is…
Woman sues SeaWorld, Orlando Sentinel over leaked phone call
Mary Shanklin reports: A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc., the Orlando Sentinel and several other defendants for disseminating what she claims is a wiretapped phone conversation. The complaint filed in Orange County, Texas, states that SeaWorld in 2010 purchased a video recording of a “personal and sensitive” phone…
Deloitte Dabbles in Orwellian Tracking Devices
Greg Kyte reports: A Deloitte office in Canada had volunteers wear a device that tracked their every movement and their every conversation. The gadget looks and works like what you would expect if an ID badge had sex with an iPhone. The maker of these devices, a company ironically named Humanyze, claims that their devices track more than…