Elgan Hearn reports that the ICO is investigating a breach involving sensitive information of nine patients. An envelope containing the nine letters from a consultant for patients right across Shropshire were wrongly included in a letter sent to a patient in Newtown. The envelope was passed on to health campaigner Cllr Joy Jones, who brought the…
Category: Health Data
UPMC Susquehanna notifies 1,200 patients of data breach
The Daily Item reports: UPMC Susquehanna has notified 1,200 patients treated at various UPMC Susquehanna locations that their personal information — including names, dates of birth, contact information and Social Security numbers — may have been inappropriately accessed. Read more on Daily Item. So far, it’s reading like a phishing incident.
CA: Privacy breaches in Stanford file system affect 200 people
Fangzhou Liu, Hannah Knowles and Ada Statler report on a breach that has nightmarish qualities to it: very sensitive information exposed, but you can’t figure out for how long and you can’t determine who, if anyone, accessed it? Ugh….. Stanford is in the process of notifying some 200 people — a mix of employees and…
Another day, another email gaffe
The Department of Social and Health Services’ Behavioral Health Administration confirmed Thursday that a spreadsheet containing private information of 515 patients at Western State Hospital was sent to an incorrect email address. Read more on QFox13.
Central Jersey medical practice reports records breach
We now know the name of a medical practice that was impacted by the theft of patient records in September. The records had reportedly been sold at the time by the thief. Mike Deak reports: A medical practice with offices in East Brunswick and Franklin is notifying past patients that 13 boxes of medical records…
UK: Nursing auxiliary fined for unlawfully accessing patient records
And while we’re talking about insider breaches, here’s a case from the U.K. From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A nursing auxiliary has been fined for accessing a patient’s medical records without a valid legal reason. Marian Waddell, 61, was working at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport when she unlawfully accessed the records of the…