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UK: Teenager’s personal details sent to wrong family

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office has found that Somerset County Council breached the Data Protection Act by sending a social service assessment about a local teenager to the wrong family. The Council reported the breach to the ICO in February 2011, shortly after the incident took place. The ICO’s investigation found that the assessment – which…

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Insurance Letter Reveals Private Information

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Dissent

Bob Hansen reports: Before Michael Winter could open his mail, he was shocked by what he found on the envelope. “You know they have no right,” said Winter after finding his social security number printed on the front of an envelope mailed to him from Anthem Blue Cross. The number was printed just above his…

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Insurance Letter Reveals Private Information

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Dissent

Bob Hansen reports: Before Michael Winter could open his mail, he was shocked by what he found on the envelope. “You know they have no right,” said Winter after finding his social security number printed on the front of an envelope mailed to him from Anthem Blue Cross. The number was printed just above his…

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Stolen Speare Memorial laptop contained some non-patient data, too?

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Dissent

In addition to notifying approximately 6,000 patients about a stolen laptop, Speare Memorial Hospital apparently had some non-patients to notify, too. By letter dated April 29 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Speare reports that it was notifying 54 New Hampshire residents that their names, and in some cases, National Provider Identifiers, NH Medical…

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Man who solicited patient records from University Medical Center of Southern Nevada employee sentenced to prison

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Dissent

The man who pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to receive and disclose University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) patient records in order to solicit clients for personal injury attorneys, was sentenced on May 4 to 33 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Richard W. Charette, 55, of Las Vegas,…

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OR: Patient Information Stolen from Reedsport Clinic

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Dissent

KEZI in Oregon reports: A Reedsport clinic is alerting patients about a recent data breach. Police are looking for a hard drive containing patient information from Dunes Family Health Care. The organization that downloads and stores the clinic’s electronic records says it went missing on March 11. The clinic sent notices to more than 16,000…

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