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A power struggle at Brevard County's largest hospital has taken a serious turn with allegations that the chief of the medical staff pilfered another doctor's e-mail account and violated patient confidentiality laws.

The FBI is investigating claims that sensitive patient information was leaked from University Medical Center, violating federal privacy laws.

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A proposed legislative amendment that would clarify the ability of paramedics to tell police about information that could be related to a crime is necessary, Calgary's police chief said Friday.

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University Medical Center, which is Clark County's only publicly funded hospital.

A Richmond man's death is the latest in Virginia from swine flu, bringing total deaths in the state from the illness to 27.

The smart grid is rapidly becoming a reality in the US, as utilities have been installing networked monitoring and control equipment, both in their own facilities and in their customers' homes.

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A person searching online for a specific Wisconsin law firm will likely see a rival's sponsored link at the top of the list.

An Icelandic firm that offers private DNA testing to customers has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S., raising privacy concerns about the fate of customer DNA samples and records, according to the Times of London.

Thousands of starry-eyed children all over the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season, but they'll not likely to get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular effort begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to ...

The Portage County Health Department releases a statement in reference to the latest death there blamed on the H1N1 virus.

File aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The U.S. military announced a new "cyber command" designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against mounting threats to its computer networks.

A judge found Tuesday that police didn't violate the privacy rights of an ex-Denville teacher when they tracked down his unlisted cell phone number and had a former student hold a recorded conversation with the teacher he has accused of molesting him in 1998.

A big shot of stimulus money awarded last month is sure to accelerate the transformation of the U.S. power grid into a massive network capturing data about much of what we do inside our homes.

The federal bureaucrat in charge of Canada's "no-fly list" does not necessarily have the information needed to make informed decisions about who should be banned from boarding domestic and international flights, says Canada's privacy watchdog.

A revised Google Books settlement has been proposed by Google and the author and publisher groups that originally challenged Google's book scanning.

Rogue employees at a major mobile phone company illegally sold millions of customer records to rival firms, Britain's information watchdog said Tuesday.

Despite its prevalence in mainstream culture, some experts say the idea of doctor-patient privacy has become almost a myth in the modern healthcare system.