August 25 – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is informing community members of a recent breach of privacy that affected an information dashboard that was used to display information about influenza cases in our community. This dashboard was posted on our public website between January 2020 and May 2020. The dashboard contained information on individuals with lab…
Category: Health Data
CO: Mental Health Partners discloses email hack potentially compromised employee and patient data
Mental Health Partners (also known as “Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc.) issued a press release this week about an employee email account compromise discovered in late March. An investigation revealed that the personal information of some MHP clients and current and former employees may have been accessed or taken during the incident. The…
TX: Dozens of boxes of medical records found at Odessa Recycling Center
Joshua Skinner reports: Over two dozen boxes of old medical records containing personal patient information were found at the Odessa Recycling Center over the weekend. How old medical records from West Texas Orthopedics came to be sitting out in the open at the recycling center this past weekend isn’t clear, nor is who’s to blame….
“Blue Leaks” data breach also affected SD COVID-19 patients
Angela Kennecke reports: The so called “BlueLeaks” data breach, which compromised the information of hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers across the nation in June, has a whole new twist tonight that involves South Dakota and people who tested positive for COVID-19. KELOLAND Investigates has obtained a letter sent by the director of the…
NZ: Managed isolation facility security guard suspended over social media privacy breach
The guard uploaded a photo which showed the names of 27 returnees. Video news coverage on 1News.
Turkey: KVKK announces Rezzan Günday data breach
OneTrust DataGuidance reports: The Turkish data protection authority (‘KVKK’) announced, on 18 August 2020, a data breach suffered by Rezzan Günday (Şimşek Pharmacy). In particular, the KVKK highlighted that the breach resulted from the misconduct of a former employee and involved obtaining the identification numbers of patients and transferring them to another pharmacy without their knowledge in order to provide…