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Month: November 2009

Attorney General To Investigate Health Net Loss Of Almost 450,000 CT Consumers' Health, Personal Data

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Dissent

Statement by Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal on the Health Net breach reported previously on this site and which affected members in four states: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today his office will investigate Health Net’s loss of almost 450,000 Connecticut residents’ health, personal and financial information and its six-month delay in informing consumers and the…

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UMC has patient privacy leak

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Dissent

Marshall Allen reports: Private information about accident victims treated at University Medical Center [Clark County, Nevada] has apparently been leaking for months, the Sun has learned, allegedly so ambulance-chasing attorneys could mine for clients. Sources say someone at UMC is selling a compilation of the hospital’s daily registration forms for accident patients. This is confidential…

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Ca: Interior Health patient data exposed on web

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Dissent

New Democrat health critic Adrian Dix is asking B.C.’s privacy commissioner to review a release of private medical information of 77 Interior Health patients. The health authority informed patients in October of a breach of confidential information. A health authority pathologist posted records, including age and care card numbers, of the patients as part of…

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UK: Patient records on stolen laptop

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Dissent

A laptop containing 600 patient records has been stolen from an ambulance service headquarters, police said. Names, addresses and details of treatments are included in the information which is password protected but not encrypted. The laptop was stolen from the Scottish Ambulance Service headquarters in Morningside, Edinburgh, some time between 4.15pm on Tuesday and 7.30am…

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UPDATE: 1.5 Million Medical Files At Risk In Health Net Data Breach

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Dissent

Matthew Sturvedant reports: A hard drive with seven years of personal and medical information on about 1.5 million Health Net customers, including 446,000 in Connecticut, was lost six months ago and was first reported Wednesday, state and company officials said. The insurance company informed the state attorney general’s office and the Department of Insurance Wednesday…

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80,000 Mailers Sent Out With Recipients’ Social Security Numbers In Plain View

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Dissent

Ouch! Postcards sent out by the Universal American Action Network, a subsidiary of Universal American Insurance, had the recipients’ full Social Security Numbers in plain view. There were reportedly 80,000 postcards sent out last Friday to Universal clients around the country who are enrolled in their Medicare Advantage plan. WGAL reports: Universal American told News…

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