A small notice/entry on the Information Commissioner’s Office site yesterday: An Undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust. This follows the loss of a CD containing personal data during a move of office premises. View the Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust…
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UK: Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust loses CD with 1.6 million patients' information
A small notice/entry on the Information Commissioner’s Office site yesterday: An Undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust. This follows the loss of a CD containing personal data during a move of office premises. View the Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust…
FL: Nurse stole and texted patient info to co-conspirator for tax fraud scheme
Chase Purdy reports: Polk County deputies arrested a Winter Haven nurse Tuesday on charges she swindled money and identification information from more than 30 elderly patients. Cathy “Pumpkin” McClain was charged with grand larceny, ID theft and scheming to defraud several patients at Brandywyne Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Winter Haven. Authorities said McClain…
UK: Patient info stolen from doctor’s home
A briefcase containing confidential patient details was stolen in a burglary at a doctor’s home. The case contained letters to 18 patients’ GPs about their hospital treatment. Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust revealed the breach of its data protection rules in its annual report. It said the letters were copies, so no appointments were affected. Chief…
Nurse Charged With Taking Money, ID Information from Elderly Patients
Chase Purdy reports: Polk County deputies arrested a Winter Haven nurse Tuesday on charges she swindled money and identification information from more than 30 elderly patients. Cathy “Pumpkin” McClain was charged with grand larceny, ID theft and scheming to defraud several patients at Brandywyne Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Winter Haven. Authorities said McClain…
OH: Personal information for 1,200 lost by Montgomery Co. Office
A USB thumb drive containing social security numbers for 1,200 people who sought assistance from the Montgomery County Department of Job and Family Services went missing from the department in August. A notification sent by mail to the affected people said the department discovered the flash drive containing the information was missing August 24. The…