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UK: Manpower UK Ltd e-mail gaffe results in undertaking for violating the Data Protection Act

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

An undertaking has been signed by Manpower UK Ltd following a breach of the Data Protection Act where a spreadsheet containing 400 people’s personal details was accidentally emailed to 60 employees. Although no date is given for the breach, the undertaking indicates: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was provided with a report indicating that one…

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Follow-up: 'Sensitive' patient details on memory stick lost

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

A care provider has lost a memory stick that held sensitive personal information about 53 people from Northern Ireland. Praxis Care Limited lost the unencrypted material last August but the details have just emerged. The company has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act and has been ordered by the Information…

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IN: Medical Records Stolen

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

Kokomo police are investigating the reported theft of hundreds of medical records from a local chiropractic clinic. But police are still without suspects in the January 2 break-in at Family Chiropractic Center. The center’s owner, chiropractor Jason Harp, said between 400 and 450 patient files were stolen. Police think the motive may have been identity…

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TX: Personal documents found in trash can

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

Brian Mylar reports: Boxes full of personal medical records were recovered in a Castroville trash can, exposing thousands of patients to the threat of identity theft and more. Gilbert Padilla was simply throwing out trash when he found the boxes. He said he found a goldmine of information for an identity thief. There were boxes…

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Attorney General Swanson Sues Accretive Health for Patient Privacy Violations

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit yesterday against Accretive Health, Inc., a debt collection agency that is part of a New York private equity fund conglomerate, for failing to protect the confidentiality of patient health care records and not disclosing to patients its extensive involvement in their health care through its role in…

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Follow-up: 8 years for last conspirator in ’09 credit fraud

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

Kaitlyn Walsh reports: The last of seven Minnesotans involved in a 2009 credit-card fraud scheme that targeted restaurant patrons was sentenced Thursday in federal court in St. Paul. […] The conspirators included workers from the Olive Garden, two Wendy’s restaurants and the Split Rock Grill in Bloomington, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. All seven…

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