Ted Land reports: Tens of thousands of Alaskans are trying to find out if their personal information is missing. Attorney General Dan Sullivan announced Thursday there’s been a massive security breach reaching the highest levels of state government. More than 77,000 Alaskans’ personal information is missing. No one knows where it went. […] On that…
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Health Professionals Petition FTC For Relief From Red Flags Rule
From the press release: In light of a recent federal court decision, four national organizations representing dentists, physicians and veterinarians called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today to exclude health professionals from controversial new regulation intended to combat identity theft. A letter sent to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz by leaders of the American Dental…
Apology over confidential files in Bristol litter bin
A Bristol lawyer has apologised after rubbish he was seen throwing into a city centre litter bin turned out to be a colleague’s confidential case notes. A cafe worker saw Stephen Davies QC put the papers into a bin on 21 January close to the city’s legal centre. Mr Davies said he had been helping…
Burglar steals computers from city cemetery building
It’s not clear what kind of information was stolen in this incident that was reported in Croatian Times: Police are investigating the case of an unknown burglar who stole five computers and four monitors at a Sisak cemetery building last night (Weds/Thurs). City cemetery head Mijo Domitrovic said the thief had stolen a CD with…
Privacy questioned after Weyburn woman receives inmate’s psych file by mistake
Pamela Cowan reports: It isn’t the first time confidential patient information has ended up in the wrong hands via e-mail — but Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says safeguards can be low-tech and simple. He was commenting after the office of his federal counterpart launched an investigation into how a Weyburn woman received a detailed and confidential…
Data Privacy Day 2010
Today is Data Privacy Day. I’ve covered a number of events going on over on PogoWasRight.org, but I thought I would use today to mention an aspect of PHI privacy that I haven’t really blogged about here before: emailing your doctor. As a healthcare provider, I understand that my patients like the convenience of being…