DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

AU: Prescription records found strewn in street after contractor's employee forgets to shred first, then haul

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Dissent

Rex Martinich reports:

Hamilton’s James Dean Pharmacy has resolved the issue with its secure document disposal contractor after a number of prescription receipts were left beside Digby Rd earlier last month.

The documents were strewn across 30 metre stretch of road on April 24 and the contractor responsible said the documents were retrieved on the same day.

The recepts included the names of patients, their addresses, prescription medications and doses as well as their doctors’ names.

“We have resolved this issue,” a statement from Haul All Waste Management said.

Read more on SPEC.

Related posts:

  • Kaiser Permanente lawsuit against former business associate dismissed, but are patient data still at risk?
  • Breaking up is hard to do: Kaiser Permanente sues former business associate for return of information
Category: Uncategorized

Post navigation

← OH: H&R Block Customer Records Stolen, Used By Fraudsters
PA: Former Crozer-Chester Medical Center pleads guilty to stealing patient info for tax refund fraud scheme →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Mississippi Law Firm Sues Cyber Insurer Over Coverage for Scam
  • Ukrainian Hackers Wipe 47TB of Data from Top Russian Military Drone Supplier
  • Computer Whiz Gets Suspended Sentence over 2019 Revenue Agency Data Breach
  • Ministry of Defence data breach timeline
  • Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years
  • Ransomware in Italy, strike at the Diskstation gang: hacker group leader arrested in Milan
  • A year after cyber attack, Columbus could invest $23M in cybersecurity upgrades
  • Gravity Forms Breach Hits 1M WordPress Sites
  • Stormous claims to have protected health info on 600,000 patients of North Country Healthcare. The patient data appears fake. (2)
  • Back from the Brink: District Court Clears Air Regarding Individualized Damages Assessment in Data Breach Cases

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • The EU’s Plan To Ban Private Messaging Could Have a Global Impact (Plus: What To Do About It)
  • A Balancing Act: Privacy Issues And Responding to A Federal Subpoena Investigating Transgender Care
  • Here’s What a Reproductive Police State Looks Like
  • Meta investors, Zuckerberg to square off at $8 billion trial over alleged privacy violations
  • Australian law is now clearer about clinicians’ discretion to tell our patients’ relatives about their genetic risk
  • The ICO’s AI and biometrics strategy
  • Trump Border Czar Boasts ICE Can ‘Briefly Detain’ People Based On ‘Physical Appearance’

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.