A former 111 call centre advisor has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of a child and his family. Martin Swan, 56, from Pinner, London, worked as a service advisor at the NHS 111 call centre in Southall when he illegally accessed the records. A complaint had been raised against…
Search of cell phone at school for explicit photos of 14-year-old reasonable under T.L.O.
FourthAmendment.com notes this decision out of the Eastern District Virginia: A 13-year-old male student was showing explicit pictures of a 14-year-old girl on his phone at school. The search of the phone by school officials was reasonable under T.L.O., and it led him to juvenile court. O.W. v. Sch. Bd. of the City of Va….
Debates on student privacy rights leads to hostility at Chico Unified board meeting
Watch the news coverage of the heated meeting here: https://www.actionnewsnow.com/video/debates-on-student-privacy-rights-leads-to-hostility-at-chico-unified-board-meeting/video_e9547d8e-dbc9-5b08-bbef-1e9d352d74df.html
Acting Pennsylvania Attorney General Henry Secures $400,000 Settlement with DNA Diagnostics Center Stemming from Data Breach
HARRISBURG – Acting Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today announced a settlement with DNA Diagnostics Center – one of the world’s largest private DNA-testing companies offering diagnostic and genetic testing to help answer relationship, fertility, and health questions – after a data breach exposed the social security numbers of 12,663 Pennsylvanians who were subject to genetic testing…