Posted on 03/26/2010 1:59:39 PM PDT by Nachum
As many as 140,000 non-medical staff, including porters and housekeepers, have access to sensitive NHS patient files, it emerged last night.
The astonishing lack of privacy protection has been revealed by a Freedom of Information survey.
Government guidelines say only staff involved in 'providing and supporting patient care' should have access to confidential information.
But trusts are interpreting the rules so widely that administrators, porters and IT staff are all cleared to potentially delve into a person's medical file.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
So far that is not in the USA but in Britian
Watched a news item on Fox describing the Pentagon hiring 60,000 computer geeks to prevent security breaches. They are testing students’ ability to hack or spot hackers.
Yeah right!!!!
Have you heard the Kim Commando National ID Card ad? They will have ALL your life history on them, bio metrics including DNA. SCARY AS H. Papers please? 666 mark of the beast.
I’m Amish, and I’m sinning right now just being on this computer!
Kitty’s story growing up under Hitler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2480252/posts
‘Joe the Plumber’ uncorks lawsuit
Toledo-area plumber and 2008 presidential campaign fixture Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher filed a federal lawsuit Thursday that charges former Ohio government officials with violating his constitutional rights by searching confidential government databases for information about him.
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2009/03/joe_the_plumber_is_now_joe_the.html
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