Kent County Community Mental Health Authority of Michigan, dba as Network180, issued a notice on their site about a HIPAA breach that they reported to HHS as affecting 2,284 patients. Here is the text of their notice: We are posting this notice as part of our serious commitment to privacy. We regret to inform the…
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Solis Mammography notifies 500 patients and HHS after laptop theft
Their press release of December 14: Ben-Ora, Hansen & Vanesian Imaging, Ltd. d/b/a Solis Mammography (“Solis”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this noticeconcerns an incident that involved some of that information. On October 17, 2018, we learned that a Solis computer had been stolen from our Phoenix location…
Bobby Yee, D.P.M notified 24,000 patients after ransomware attack
A somewhat confusing press release of December 20: The Podiatric Offices of Bobby Yee announced today that it was subject to a data incident, which may have potentially exposed some information of clients and individuals. What Happened? On Monday, October 29th, 2018, the Podiatric Offices of Bobby Yee was the victim of a ransomware attack which resulted in the unauthorized…
WA: Here’s what you need to know about Chaplaincy Health Care’s email breach
Sara Schilling reports: Chaplaincy Health Care is offering free identity protection and credit monitoring to more than 1,000 people after a privacy breach. An employee’s email login credentials were compromised through an apparent phishing scheme. Read more on Tri-City Herald.
UK: Hospital apologizes for voicemail privacy breach in Manchester
Amy Walker reports: A hospital has apologised after sensitive voicemail messages left by patients were heard by a man trying to change an appointment over the phone. Brian Newton reported that he heard recordings of people sharing personal information with the Manchester Royal Eye hospital on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Manchester University NHS foundation trust said the issue on…
Humana notifies members of business associate breach at Bankers Life
Humana‘s name has been popping up too much in my breach news searches recently. I noted two incidents in December involving Humana (one theft report and one hack involving Family Physicians Group (now Humana). Now I’ve spotted a third incident report, although this one is a breach involving a business associate. According to a notification…