Hilton Collins reports: If you’re bummed about the data in your department that just got breached, you have some cold comfort. Although the combined number of reported data breaches in the government and the military has dropped in 2009 compared to last year, many more records were compromised in those breaches, according to recent figures…
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Tax Documents Found in Atlanta Dumpster
Justin Gray reports that private personal and financial records including tax returns were found in a dumpster Tuesday in Atlanta. The documents appeared to be from an accountant’s office, and CPA Gregg Bossen says he has no idea how this happened and will investigate.
Ca: Morton loses confidential papers
It’s not clear whether there’s any PII involved in this one, but as a Canadian reader who sent this to me commented, it’s yet another one for the “what were they thinking?” category…. Sustainable Resources Minister Ted Morton told CBC News on Wednesday he felt really “stupid” after his brief case, containing confidential government documents,…
UK: Memory stick given to Bristol boy sparks school data law row
A school has been accused of breaching data laws after it sent a 10-year-old boy home with a computer memory stick which contained sensitive information about his fellow pupils. Carlos McSweeney, who attends the key stage two support centre in Fairlawn Road, Montpelier – a school for children with behaviour problems – was given the…
Healthcare Data Breaches Slow To Surface
Doug Pollack, Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts, wrote the following article, questioning why we’re not yet seeing any reports of breaches affecting 500 or more posted to HHS’s website under the provisions of HITECH that went into effect September 23. Keeping in mind that not all breaches involving healthcare organizations involve unsecured protected health…
Patient Privacy Rights grades PHRs
Patient Privacy Rights has issued a privacy-oriented report card on some of the available PHRs (personal health records). For those who prefer to cut to the bottom line, the grades issued were as follows: CapMed- icePHR: C Google Health D/F [Platform Grade: D, Partners Grade: F] Microsoft HealthVault B/F [Platform Grade: B, Partners Grade: F]…