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UK: North Lanarkshire Council breach results in undertaking

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office has found North Lanarkshire Council in breach of the Data Protection Act following an investigation into a breach that occurred in October 2010. In a press release issued today, the office said: North Lanarkshire Council breached the Data Protection Act after the theft of a home support worker’s bag containing papers…

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Greenville Hospital System: boxes of business records with patient info from Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital found in unsecured storage building

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Dissent

Earlier this year, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center notified patients of a breach  that does not appear on HHS’s breach tool.   Kudos to  GreenvilleOnline.com for noticing it and reporting on it. The undated notice, which is prominently linked from Greenville’s home page, appears to have been created on February 4, 2011: On December…

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AZ: Casa Grande court clerk hid, took home records

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Dissent

Yesterday I updated a breach report on phiprivacy.net where a hospital employee had taken records home… and taken records home… and taken records home. According to hospital investigators, there was no indication that she used them criminally or intended to use them criminally, but the incident points out how many paper records may just “wander”…

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(update) Police and Hospital Workers Find, Remove More Boxes Of Stolen Medical Records

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Dissent

This case just gets more and more intriguing, and the medical center has disclosed a lot of information that I typically don’t see is initial press releases.  Devetta Blount reports: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center employees and police say they are still on the case of stolen medical records. Employees spent Saturday reviewing more records that…

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Ca: Pharmacy papers litter Riverview roadside

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Dissent

CBC News in Canada reports: CBC News discovered a major privacy breach at a pharmacy in Riverview, New Brunswick Friday. Scores of patient prescriptions, medication receipts and empty bottles were found littering the street near a Jean Coutu pharmacy on Coverdale Road. The documents include names, addresses and phone numbers and, ironically, a document outlining…

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Three more reports to HHS revealed

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dissent

The HHS breach tool has added three new incidents: Indiana Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania reported that 1388 patients were notified of a September 28, 2010 incident involving the theft of paper records. The incident had been reported in the media earlier this month. The Indiana Gazette reported: Indiana Regional Medical Center has put more…

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