Erythema at the Dept of Health
"Capillary dilation... the so-called 'blush response'"
Apparently a momentary lapse in access control resulted in the personal details of a number of junior doctors were, effectively, published via the internet. The data included core PII (Personally Identifiable Information) items as defined under data protection law, including: phone number, addresses, previous convictions and sexual orientation.
It seems strange that a single mix-up over one URL should have been sufficient to allow the exposure of this data, and that (being PII) it was not further insulated from web-based access by the general public.
Posted by racingsnake
@ 01:05 PM GMT+00:00
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Voluntarily discarding your credentials
This is something I blogged about way back in December 2005; the extent to which, in real-world trust decisions (particularly those involving strangers), uniforms can play a very significant role in influencing our opinion.
A 24-year-old student has been charged with 'wearing police uniform and equipment in the street'. He was on his way into a bar in Aberdeen in order to give a performance of his specialist profession: removing the said uniform. The police concern was nothing to do with male public nudity, which is clearly perceived as a lesser threat than the apparent abuse of an implied credential ("looking like a copper in a public place").
Posted by racingsnake
@ 12:50 PM GMT+00:00
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