Privacy News & Issues
A second doctor from Long Island has now been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme that involved ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. Dr. Vishnudat Seodat, 75, of Mattituck, N.Y. was charged and has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. A plea hearing…
CHEK News reports: A Duncan nurse has been suspended from the job for eight months in relation to unauthorized access and disclosure of private patient information, according to the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives. The college said in a post on its website that an inquiry committee panel approved a consent agreement with Lindsey Rints…
Europol announces: Authorities are staying on top of the encrypted messaging services that criminals use to undertake their activities. A joint investigation team (JIT) involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down another sophisticated encrypted messaging service, MATRIX. For three months, authorities were able to monitor the messages from possible criminals, which will now be…
Jon Brodkin reports: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is trying to rein in data brokers that sell Americans’ personal and financial information with a new rule that would classify the brokers as consumer reporting agencies. But the proposal has a dim future in the Trump administration, and the CFPB itself could face new limits…