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UK: Borough of Poole agrees to strengthen data protection following a series of misdirected faxes

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Dissent

The   Borough of Poole has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a result of faxing errors. According to the undertaking, signed by John McBride, Chief Executive of the Borough of Poole, faxes containing personal data had been sent to the same incorrect fax number on three separate occasions in 2010.  On the first…

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Southwest Ambulance reports data breach

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dissent

Ken Alltucker reports: A former Southwest Ambulance employee took 581 patient records that included the names, financial and medical information from those customers. Southwest Ambulance recovered the records and notified affected customers about the breach of their private medical records. The Mesa-based company said it recently learned the employee took the records after a property…

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Ca: Security breach of kids' info raises alarm

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dissent

Jennifer O’Brien reports: A memory stick containing records of 4,500 kids has gone missing from a speech and hearing clinic at UWO, a thumb-sized example of how ever-smaller digital technology is heightening security risks. Included among the records on the tiny storage device are 11 years worth of names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, doctor information,…

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MA: Computer access breach exposed UMass Memorial pay stub data

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dissent

Lee Hammel reports: Personal pay stub information of some UMass Memorial Healthcare employees was subject to unauthorized access for five months. The organization learned March 10 that at 10 kiosks where employees could view their pay stub information, and also at shared workstations, subsequent users were able to access the information of previous users, according…

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GSK involved in Epsilon breach; context raises concerns

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Dissent

The Epsilon breach, covered extensively on DataBreaches.net, just got worse. Yesterday, 12 days after they were notified of the breach by Epsilon, GlaxoSmithKline sent out notifications. Emphasis added by me, below: From: “[email protected]”  <[email protected]> Date: April 16, 2011 1:30:36 PM EDT To: [redacted] Subject: An Important Message from GSK Consumer Healthcare Reply-To: “[email protected]” Dear GlaxoSmithKline…

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Former Holy Cross Hospital employee sentenced to prison for disclosing patient information

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dissent

Natasha Lolita Orr, 36, of Miami, a former employee at Holy Cross Hospital, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to disclosing individually identifiable health information. During the previous plea hearing, Orr admitted to stealing patient information from the Holy Cross Hospital Emergency Room during her employment at the hospital. She then sold that stolen…

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