Marieke Walsh reports: After personal health information was disclosed yesterday, Dartmouth East MLA Andrew Younger is filing a complaint against Kirby McVicar with the Information and Privacy Commissioner. McVicar, chief of staff to Premier Stephen McNeil, told reporters on Monday that Younger was suffering from PTSD and had a possible brain tumour. Read more on Global News.
Category: Exposure
NYC Dermatologist Emails Spreadsheet Containing Personal Info for 15K Patients
Ida Siegal reports: When Missy Brown opened her email Monday morning, she was stunned to find a document from her doctor’s office containing personal information for 15,000 names. “I think the subject line said ‘coupon attached,’ and I saw that there was a spreadsheet attachment,” she said. “As soon as I opened it, I saw that…
Quest Diagnostics sued over fax errors breach, but are they really responsible?
A few days ago, I noted a report from NBC about hundreds of misdirected faxes that were intended for Quest Diagnostics. The report mentioned that a lawsuit had been filed over the breach. Here’s the press release on the lawsuit, below, but I’m not sure on why it’s Quest being sued. Are they responsible or liable…
Oh, so THAT’s what happened to 160,000 Walgreens customers
Back in December, 2014, I noted that HHS had added an incident involving Walgreens: Walgreen Co. reported that 160,000 patients had PHI involved in an August 1st – November 6th breach involving paper records. I was unable to find any coverage of this, but this could be big, as Walgreen has had problems before with paper records, and…
Oh, so THAT’s what happened, Sunday edition
Sometimes I see breaches on HHS’s public breach tool but can find no web site for the covered entity or any substitute notice online. Such was the case with an entry for “Daniel A. Sheldon, M.D., P.A.,” an orthopaedic surgeon in Florida. The breach tool entry indicated that on September 16, 2015, the doctor had…
W.W. Grainger issues password reset for users of their mobile app
Industrial supply company W.W. Grainger has issued a password reset after discovering a coding error in their mobile app that put usernames and passwords at risk. Nicely done: At Grainger, we take data privacy and security very seriously. As part of a system review, Grainger’s IT team recently identified a coding error in the Grainger.com mobile apps…