The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Shropshire Council in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted memory stick containing sensitive information relating to a large number of adult social care clients and members of staff. The memory stick, which contained a social care management database including sensitive health information,…
Category: Health Data
So where are the breach reports on HHS?
The following is cross-posted from PHIprivacy.net: Under the provisions of the HITECH Act that went into effect several months ago, covered entities are required to report breaches involving the unsecured protected health information of 500 or more individuals to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Unfortunately, HHS watered down the…
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System patient records found in possession of ID thief
Linda Reilly reports: An alleged swindler involved in a sophisticated identity-theft ring involving personal information copied from hospital records is facing multiple identity theft and theft charges, police said. […] Shacoy McNish, 27, of the 400 block of Millbank Road, Upper Darby, was arrested in late November after allegedly purchasing almost $3,000 worth of merchandise…
Jpn: Guilty verdict upheld over leak / Court says psychiatrist broke confidentiality
The Osaka High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that found a psychiatrist guilty of leaking to a freelance journalist confidential investigation records of a fatal arson case involving a minor in Nara Prefecture. In October 2006, Morimitsu Sakihama, 51, gave Atsuko Kusanagi, 45, the investigation records on a then 16-year-old boy who…
Driver's Ed Photos of Dead Youth Didn't Violate Family's Privacy
Jeff Gorman reports: A woman can’t collect damages from a paramedic who displayed photos of her son’s dead body in a driver’s education class, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled. Jeremy Wooten died in a car accident at the age of 21. Paramedic Don Horton kept the photos, which are typically taken at the scene…
PA: Upper Darby man arrested, faces identity theft charges
Linda Reilly reports: An alleged swindler involved in a sophisticated identity-theft ring involving personal information copied from hospital records is facing multiple identity theft and theft charges, police said. […] Shacoy McNish, 27, of the 400 block of Millbank Road, Upper Darby, was arrested in late November after allegedly purchasing almost $3,000 worth of merchandise…