A reader informed DataBreaches.net that on February 15, a burglary at a locked Washoe County School District building resulted in the theft of two flash drives containing limited personal information on a number of the district’s students. On March 11, the Department of Student Health Services notified parents and guardians about the theft of the…
Author: Dissent
Navy took more than a year to announce personal data breach
The Washington Post seems to have jumped in on a breach first exposed by the Ventura County Star. Federal Diary reports: In case of danger or a natural disaster, the U.S. Navy can rapidly dispatch troops, fighter jets or relief supplies to troubled areas around the world. So why did it take the Navy 17…
Mb: Patient access rights strengthened with new amendments to PHI Act
New amendments to the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) will improve patient access rights and privacy standards by helping Manitobans understand how to access their personal health information and how it is shared with others, creating a stronger culture of patient care and safety in the health-care system, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today. “These…
Cracking Open Genetic Privacy
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D., is director of bioethics and associate director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University. She writes: Almost a decade after the Human Genome Project cracked the genetic code, the wall of privacy surrounding genetic information may be developing a few cracks of its own. This is not such…
Breaking news headlines from today
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont has responded to the massive loss of data by the Educational Credit Management Corporation by vowing to hold Congressional hearings and introduce new legislation to better protect personal information. Although the Senator has repeatedly introduced a data breach notification bill in past sessions of Congress, the bill became outdated after…
Two more newly revealed breaches
There are two newly revealed breaches on the HHS/OCR web site that were not previously reported in the media: Laboratory Corporation of America/Dynacare Northwest, Inc. State: Washington Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 5,080 Date of Breach: 2/12/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Laptop Lee Memorial Health System State: Florida Approx. # of…