ABC has had a two-part investigation on businesses and medical offices in Florida that are just dumping records with sensitive financial and health information. It seems that although there are applicable federal laws, Florida has no state law requiring proper disposal of paper records. The series names a few of the local businesses and the…
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INVESTIGATION: Medical records discovered in local dumpsters. What's being done about it?
Alan Cohn reports: An ABC Action News investigation has uncovered local businesses who are carelessly discarding your sensitive personal information. In our second installment of this Taking Action investigation, we’ve uncovered examples of private medical records thrown away unshredded. Among the documents we discovered were blood tests that showed one Tampa woman has Chronic Kidney…
Russian hacker ‘Kirllos’ not in NZ
A Russian Facebook hacker is not based in New Zealand, say New Zealand police following a two-week investigation. Reports that the hacker known as Kirllos was living in New Zealand and attempting to sell the login details of social network website users were wrong and the hacker had no link to New Zealand, Detective Senior…
HHS Requests Comments on HITECH Accounting of Disclosures Requirements
From the Chronicle of Data Protection (which happens to be a good blog to add to your watch list if you’re privacy-oriented): … the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a request for information (“RFI”) regarding the HITECH accounting of disclosures provisions. The Department is collecting information to help inform its rulemaking. Building on…
UK: Health records found in Asda car park
A computer memory stick containing the sensitive information was found by a 12-year-old boy outside an Asda store. It reportedly contained the criminal histories of some violent patients as well as details about staff at the Tryst Park unit at Bellsdyke Hospital. The centre provides care for adults with severe mental health problems. Read more…
Stolen Millennium Medical Management Resources drive contained PII and PHI on 180,111
Health records belonging to patients were stolen in a break-in at a suburban medical billing company. Patients are now being notified about the security breech (sic). Police tell ABC7 the records were on a portable hard drive and stolen from the Westmont office of Millennium Medical Management Resources. It happened back in February. The company…