Dispensary Corner 09 Dec 11
December 9, 2011
CHRISTMAS on steroids.
In what seems to be an amplification of the Christmas spirit 250 Santa’s hit the slopes in the US state of Maine to raise money for needy children. The event had a strict dress code of “one red Santa hat including a white pompom, one red Santa jacket, one pair of red Santa pants, and a Santa beard.”
IT does not pay to pry.
An American pharmacist has
been fined US$15,000 after
accessing her rival’s medical
records and posting details
contained within on Facebook.
The strange incident occurred as
part of an ongoing love dispute,
involving the pharmacist,
Matianne Songgadan, and several
women who were arguing about
“the romantic activities and
interests of a man”.
The in-fighting came to a head
when one of the women
complained after Songgadan
posted several “disparaging
comments” about her on
Facebook.
Not content to be silenced
online, Songgadan took the
argument to low levels, accessing
the woman’s medical records and
posting information about the
prescription medications she was
taking on Facebook.
The woman then took her
complaint to an American Privacy
Commissioner, whose subsequent
investigation revealed that
Songgan had not only accessed
the woman-in-question’s records,
but also the records of eight others
who had taken the latter’s side in
the ongoing love tug of war.
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