KTVN reports: Some University Health System patients are being notified by letter that their information may possibly have been viewed without consent. Here is the information we received in the Channel 2 Newsroom directly from the University of Nevada: Computer equipment from a University Health System office in Reno was stolen on June 11 and,…
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Ca: Psychologist’s anonymized peer review notes are the personal information of the patient
PIPEDA Case Summary #2009-018 A dispute between a patient and her psychologist resulted in the patient requesting access to the personal information held by that psychologist. Suspecting that information was missing, the patient filed a complaint. The results of the investigation led the Assistant Privacy Commissioner to contemplate the question of what qualifies as truly…
TX: Tyler Businessman Arrested for Heath Care Fraud Violations
A Tyler businessman has been arrested on charges of health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Nicodemus Udofia, 50, of Tyler, was arrested on June 15, 2010, in connection with a health care fraud scheme. On June 3, 2010, a federal grand jury returned a…
UNR Warns Patients About Possible Health Info Compromise
KTVN reports: Some University Health System patients are being notified by letter that their information may possibly have been viewed without consent. Here is the information we received in the Channel 2 Newsroom directly from the University of Nevada: Computer equipment from a University Health System office in Reno was stolen on June 11 and,…
Feds to Investigate Porn Industry Testing Clinic for Privacy Breaches
Interesting press release from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation: In response to a formal written complaint alleging sweeping violations of federal patient confidentiality laws filed by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided to open an investigation of the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) HealthCare Foundation, a Los Angeles…
UK: Confidential papers stolen from policeman’s car
Police have fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after confidential paperwork was stolen from the boot of an officer’s car. The force has now been forced to take remedial action after it emerged the officer did not have a safe at his house and did not store the documents in his secure briefcase. A…