A burglary at the Portland, Oregon offices of North Pacific Group over the recent Thanksgiving weekend resulted in the theft of several laptops and other computer equipment. As described in a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General dated December 23l, two of the stolen computers: … stored files containing names, addresses, Social Security numbers,…
Author: Dissent
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Happy New Year and Welcome!
Whether you’ve migrated over from PogoWasRight.org, PHIprivacy.net, or just stumbled across this site, welcome and Happy New Year! This site is devoted to reported breaches involving PII or PHI. PogoWasRight.org and PHIprivacy.net will continue to cover discussions of privacy breaches as well as other aspects of privacy news, but if you are looking for reports…
Company faces privacy probe into health records found on Ottawa street
Ontario’s privacy commissioner is launching an investigation into how patients’ sensitive medical records ended up being blown around a downtown Ottawa street Wednesday. Ann Cavoukian said she alerted CML Healthcare immediately after hearing that an Ottawa man had found the papers on O’Connor Street, outside a medical centre housing a CML medical imaging clinic….
NM: Legislature to take another look at digital medical records
Trip Jennings reports about legislation dealing with EMRs: […] But with changes in how medicine is practiced, there are also unresolved questions, in particular as they relate to privacy, says Bob Mayer, the chief information officer at the New Mexico Department of Health. And Mayer and others hope that state lawmakers will pass a law…
FL: Private Medical Records 'Found In Garbage'
Erich Spivey reports: What happens inside these walls, at Dr. Anjali Pathak’s office, is supposed to remain private. But pages upon pages of un-shredded medical documents from Dr. Pathak’s Southside counseling office arrived here at First Coast News. An unsigned note reads, “Patient’s psychiatric records found in garbage.” […] All total, we found personal information…