UMC has patient privacy leaks

by Marshall Allen, Las Vegas Sun, 11/20/09, http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/20/umc-has-patient-privacy-leak/
Private information about accident victims treated at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada has apparently been leaking for months, the Sun has learned, allegedly so ambulance-chasing attorneys could mine for clients.

Will your privacy be compromised online?

By Debra Alban, CNN.com, 09/29/09, http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/28/online.security.tactics/index.html
(CNN) -- The 2010 Census is nearly under way, but don't expect an e-mail from the U.S. Census Bureau asking you personal questions in its head count of America. If you do get one, it's a scam.

Pandemic-Related School Closure Policy for Colleges and Universities: A Report for Pandemic Planning Teams

by Steve Dalby, Continuity E-Guide, 09/23/09, http://disaster-resource.com/newsletter/2009/subpages/v303/meettheexperts.htm
Planning for a pandemic is critical at institutions of higher learning, where the bulk of the student population (young, otherwise healthy individuals) may become a predominant at-risk population during a particularly severe pandemic.

Are Med-Student Tweets Breaching Patient Privacy?

By Alice Park, Time, 09/23/09, http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1925430,00.html
Personal profiles on Facebook and other social-networking sites are a trove of inappropriate and embarrassing photographs and discomfiting breaches of confidentiality. You might expect that from your friends and even some colleagues — but what about your doctor?

MU revises policy after cell phone incident

By Brad Belote, KSPR, 09/29/09, http://www.kspr.com/news/local/62634422.html
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Mike Bellman got more than he bargained for when he purchased a box of old cell phones previously used by the University of Missouri athletics department.

Dorm room can be prime spot for identity theft

Press Enterprise, 09/05/09, http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_S_kidsandmoney06.4470a6a.html
Moving my daughter into her dorm on a hot Texas weekend was a two-carload proposition -- from clothing and bedding to all the typical creature comforts from home. But the one dorm-room essential, besides the can of WD-40, that I made sure we didn't leave home without: the 25-pound, fire-proof mini safe.

Judge: NCAA must surrender records in FSU scandal

AP, 08/28/09, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090828/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_florida_st_cheating
The NCAA must release documents on Florida State's appeal of an academic cheating penalty, a Florida judge ruled Friday, noting that the NCAA's rationale for keeping the documents secret would "emasculate" the state's broad public access laws.

Texas HB 2504 Effective Immediately

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02504F.pdf
This is an act relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to establish uniform standards for publishing cost of attendance information, to conduct student course evaluations of faculty, and to make course and faculty information available on the Internet.