Anthony Salamone reports an update to a 2014 breach: An unspecified number of Easton Hospital patients whose data were stolen by hackers in 2014 might be eligible for some compensatation. How much? It depends. Lehigh Valley residents have begun receiving notices about a court settlement involving Easton Hospital’s former owner, Community Health Systems, over the…
Category: Health Data
Ca: RCMP breached a sexual assault complainant’s personal information
Catharine Tunney reports: Someone went to the RCMP with an allegation of sexual assault — only to see their most closely-guarded private information being leaked. The force is now apologizing after the wrong label was applied to an outgoing package containing three operational files dealing with sexual assaults. Those files included a complainant’s name, date of birth, address,…
Aetna settles with California in HIV-related privacy breach
AP reports: Aetna will pay $935,000 after one of its vendors sent letters to California patients that revealed via a window on the envelopes that the recipients were taking HIV-related medications, officials said Wednesday. The settlement resolves allegations that Aetna violated state health privacy laws, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said. Nearly 2,000 Californians —…
UK: Medical records end up in St Helena Hospice shop
Caroline Tilley reports: Dozens of confidential patient medical records were breached after they ended up in a charity shop, it has been revealed. More than 40 patients at Mersea Island Medical Practice were affected by the breach when a GP took the documents home and accidentally donated them to St Helena’s Hospice. Staff members realised…
NJ: Addictions Recovery Provider Integrity House Notifies Individuals of Burglary of Device with PHI
From their notification: NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – January 18, 2019 – Integrity House has become aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information, including Social Security numbers and limited health information. Although at this time there is no evidence of any attempted or actual misuse of…
Verity Health System of California, Inc. and Verity Medical Foundation Notify Individuals and Regulatory Bodies of Data Security Incident
From their public notification: [El Segundo, CA, January 25, 2019] – Although there is no evidence of the unauthorized access or use of individual health or personal information, Verity Health System of California, Inc. and Verity Medical Foundation (collectively “Verity”) are notifying potentially affected individuals that some of their personal information may have been accessed…