Pharmacies Giving Patient Records to Police without Warrants
Add pharmacies to the list of industries that are giving private data to the police without a warrant.
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Sexual assault in the metaverse investigated by British police
British police say that they are investigating reports that a girl under the age of 16 was sexually assaulted… in an online virtual reality game. Continue reading Sexual assault in the metaverse investigated by British police
Police Get Medical Records without a Warrant
More unconstrained surveillance:
Lawmakers noted the pharmacies’ policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. The letter—signed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.)—said their investigation pulled information from briefings with eight big prescription drug suppliers.
They include the seven largest pharmacy chains in the country: CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Cigna, Optum Rx, Walmart Stores, Inc., The Kroger Company, and Rite Aid Corporation. The lawmakers also spoke with Amazon Pharmacy…
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New forensic tech may nab criminals by the look of their shoes
Although most of our clothes fold and crease with our bodies as we move, our shoes maintain the same shape and appearance pretty much all the time. With that fact in mind, scientists are now developing a method of catching criminals via shoe ID.Continu… Continue reading New forensic tech may nab criminals by the look of their shoes
Contractor Database Leak Exposes 500K Irish Police Vehicle Seizure Records
By Waqas
This marks the fourth data security incident to affect a UK police department in 2023.
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Preserving Floppy Disks
Time is almost up for magnetic storage from the 80s and 90s. Various physical limitations in storage methods from this era are conspiring to slowly degrade the data stored on …read more Continue reading Preserving Floppy Disks
Contractor Data Breach Impacts 8k Greater Manchester Police Officers
By Deeba Ahmed
Warrant card details of thousands of officers are suspected to have been stolen in this attack. Affected officers have been notified about the data breach.
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IT Contractor Data Breach Affects 47,000 Met Police Personnel
By Habiba Rashid
The Metropolitan Police Force faces a major security crisis as the contractor’s IT system is breached.
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Cumbria Police accidentally publish officers’ names and salaries online
‘Ello ello ello. What’s all this then?
Just days after it was learned that the police had exposed the details of their 10,000 staff in Northern Ireland, another force has admitted to an embarrassing breach of sensitive data.
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10,000 N Ireland police officers and staff have their details exposed after spreadsheet screw-up
Earlier this week, the details of all 10,000 staff at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were exposed after a spreadsheet containing the data was mistakenly published online. Continue reading 10,000 N Ireland police officers and staff have their details exposed after spreadsheet screw-up