Chapter 13 - Melissa admits accessing the file
Melissa Crane hired counsel.
Then cooperated.
She admitted:
She searched Camille’s chart without a legitimate work purpose.
Printed information.
Photographed donor-identification material.
Shared it.
She claimed she did not understand how Sabine intended to use it.
Messages partly supported that.
Melissa wrote:
This could get me fired.
Her sister:
Sabine just wants to know if rumor is true.
Melissa:
Delete after.
They did not.
Melissa lost her job.
Her professional credentialing consequences were reviewed.
She later pleaded to a computer/privacy-related misdemeanor offense under applicable law and entered probation.
The clinic separately faced regulatory review for:
Access-control design.
Contractor monitoring.
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Delayed anomaly detection.
No system is secure merely because employees sign confidentiality forms.
