A laptop stolen from a St. Charles employee’s car in late October has been recovered. The laptop contained personal information from about 140 patients who had been in the emergency room at St. Charles Bend or Redmond. A forensic analysis indicated that someone had attempted to access the laptop but was unable to do so,…
Category: Health Data
[CORRECTED] Ca: Privacy breach class action certified against Durham Region Health
NOTE of Jan. 3, 2012: Please see the CORRECTION to this entry that appears in the Comments section. My apologies for linking to what appears to have been inaccurate information – Dissent. Alex Cameron and Sébastien Kwidzinski write: The Durham Region Health Decision In Rowlands v. Durham Region Health, the plaintiffs allege that a nurse employed…
Ca: PIPEDA Report of Findings #2011-004: Laurier Optical Improperly Discloses Client’s Personal Information
An individual who was seeking a refund from Laurier Optical because two pairs of prescription eyeglasses didn’t satisfy him, was shocked to discover the company had copied its written response to his request to 10 different parties. He complained to our Office that the optometry chain, which has locations in Ontario and Quebec, disclosed his…
UCLA Hospitals Sued Over Patient Data Breach
Amanda Bronstad reports that UCLA Health System was sued over a September breach revealed last month. The potential class action lawsuit, filed December 14, alleges violations of California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, which provides for statutory damages of $1,000/per person. At over 16,000 patients, that could cost them $16.3 million plus legal fees and…
University of Mississippi Medical Center and Mississippi State Department of Health notify 1500 research participants that stolen laptop contained their health information
The University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi State Department of Health are informing nearly 1,500 participants in research studies of a breach of their personal health information. A UMMC faculty member had been assigned a laptop for use in the studies. On Oct. 31, a UMMC employee reported that the laptop used for…
WA: Renton Doctor Office Burglarized; CDs with patients' SSN and medical information stolen
ID Experts released this substitute notice in media on behalf of their client: The office of Paul C. Brown, M.D., P.S., was burglarized the weekend of October 14, 2011. The thieves broke into the office and stole various pieces of office equipment including CDs containing patient information data from 1993 – 2004. Upon discovery of…