Lewis Clarke reports: Medical records and personal information regarding dozens of patients has been dumped in a shed in Tiverton. The details of patients at the former Post Hill care home include names, photos, eating habits, behaviour details, addresses of next of kin. Currently the site is in development by Barratt Wilson Homes. Read more…
Category: Health Data
FDNY EMS Notifies More Than 10,000 Patients of Possible Data Breach
NBC reports: More than 10,000 patients whom the FDNY EMS had previously treated and or transported were notified that their personal information may have been compromised after an employee’s personal external hard drive was lost last March, according to officials. The employee, who was authorized to access the records, uploaded the information onto their personal…
Two more leaks expose Indian citizens’ personal and medical information
This week, DataBreaches.net learned that a civil court in Bengaluru had issued a preliminary junction prohibiting this site from publishing anything about a data security incident involving 1to1Help.net. This site received notice of the injunction five days after the article appeared. At the same time, I learned that 1to1Help.net had filed a criminal complaint against…
Records with Information on 770 Elder Abuse or Dependent Adult Abuse Cases Stolen From Riverside County Employee’s Car
CBS reports: Nearly 800 paper files containing sensitive information were stolen last month from a Riverside County employee’s vehicle, the county announced Thursday. The records, stolen July 27, contained sensitive information about cases investigated by the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, putting the personal data of 770 individuals at risk of misuse, officials…
Lawsuit against UnityPoint Health partly dismissed, but Wisconsin plaintiffs can move forward on claims of negligence
WKOW reports on litigation involving two UnityPoint Health phishing-related breaches disclosed last year: A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against UnityPoint Health, but is letting other parts move forward after a data breach last year. UnityPoint Health, which operates Meriter Hospital in Madison, alerted the public in 2018 about two security breaches…
AU: Thousands of medical histories exposed in data breach
Ben Grubb reports: Tens of thousands of Australians have had their medical histories and other private information exposed in a large data breach of a company that enabled them to participate in paid clinical trials. The database belonging to Neoclinical exposed approximately 37,000 people’s contact information and their responses to personal medical questions qualifying them…