I first became aware of the following breach from DataLossDB.org. It was reported to them by one of those affected who also reported it on ScamSafe: ScamSafe appears to be the first to report a serious data breach at Cord Blood Registry (www.cordblood.com). No mention has been found of this breach in the news or…
Author: Dissent
Hospital Directed to Pay Patient RM 150,000 for Disclosing Confidential (and Erroneous!) Information about HIV Status
Prakash Sharma reports: A Malaysian hospital has been directed to pay a man RM150,000 for the breach of privacy. According to the arguments presented during judicial proceedings, it was informed by the man’s attorney that the hospital had shot letters to his family, friends and employers informing them that the man is HIV positive. Despite…
UK: Sensitive documents with security PINs on found in street
Paul Christian reports: Sensitive documents detailing addresses and home security pin numbers of vulnerable people were found in a gutter. The care worker rotas, owned by Plan Personnel, were discovered by a passer-by in a parking bay near shops in Dellsome Lane, Welham Green. The documents comprise three pages of 37 addresses of vulnerable people…
German Government Adopts Security Breach Notification Requirement in Telecommunications Act
On March 2, 2011, the German Federal government adopted a draft law revising certain sector-specific data protection provisions in the German Telecommunications Act. The draft law addresses the implementation of data breach notification requirements in the European e-Privacy Directive by introducing a breach notification obligation for telecommunications companies. According to the proposal, telecommunications companies must…
DE: Personal information of 113 Beebe patients stolen (updated)
Officials have confirmed that personal information for 113 Beebe Medical Center patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in Florida. According to Beebe Vice President of Corporate Affairs Wally Hudson, the employee took home a financial statement with patients’ names and Medicare numbers, often the same as a social security number, with the intention of…
DE: Personal information of 113 Beebe patients stolen (updated)
Officials have confirmed that personal information for 113 Beebe Medical Center patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in Florida. According to Beebe Vice President of Corporate Affairs Wally Hudson, the employee took home a financial statement with patients’ names and Medicare numbers, often the same as a social security number, with the intention of…