Mila Koumpilova reports: The Minnesota Department of Education improperly released the transcripts of 20 students at the online BlueSky Charter School in November, the department acknowledged Friday. The department uncovered the privacy breach this week while processing a new data request regarding the school, spokeswoman Charlene Briner said. Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, who took over the…
Month: January 2011
Possible security breach involving Xavier University?
On January 26, Jennifer Baker of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Miller Beckham III, 32, of Springfield Township was charged with demanding $20,000 from Xavier University in exchange for not publicly releasing personal student documents. On January 27, Cliff Peal of the same paper reported that students had not been notified of any breach and…
Veterans Administration December report to Congress
I was just reading through the VA’s Monthly Report to Congress of Data Incidents for the period Nov 29, 2010 – Jan 2, 2010. Apart from the usual reports about mis-mailings and the like, I noticed two incidents worth noting here: Incident Summary – White River Junction, VT: A Dartmouth owned thin client device located in…
Canadian woman denied entry to U.S. because of suicide attempt (Updated)
Wow. A reader sent me a link to a news story by Isabel Teotonio that is disturbing, to say the least: When Lois Kamenitz arrived at Pearson International Airport in November, hoping to board a flight to California, she was stunned to learn that U.S. border officials were barring her entry. The reason: Years ago, she…
Lawyer charged by Texas Commission for contacting Memorial Hermann patients – but how did he get their info?
A disciplinary case out of Texas, reported on Courthouse News, raises a question as to whether there was a privacy breach by an employee of Memorial Hermann in Texas: The Commission for Lawyer Discipline wants Raymond Lamar Fisher reprimanded, suspended or disbarred. It claims a hospital reported that its patients’ rooms had received 1,009 telephone…
OR: Computers Stolen From Bend Ophthamology
Homa Quazilbash of KTVZ reports that 5 desktop and laptop computers were stolen from Bend Ophthamology in a smash and grab. The practice is located in the Pilot Butte Medical Clinic in Bend. No indication of whether there was any protected health information on the computers, but it’s pretty likely that there was. As of today,…