The Indy Channel reports: St. Vincent Hospital has notified 1,200 patients their personal information was on a laptop stolen from an employee’s home. The computer, containing Social Security numbers and personal health information, was taken during a burglary at a worker’s home on July 25, hospital officials said in a news release Friday night. Read…
Category: Theft
Nl: Confidential criminal case files stolen from judge on train
A judge of the Dutch Supreme Court reported that confidential records on two criminal cases were stolen while he was on a train earlier this week. If I understand the translation correctly, he had placed the files in the luggage rack. Here’s a link to the story in Dutch: http://www.elsevier.mobi/pl/svt/si/elsevier/po/opnl/dk/elsevier.09-23-2010.0472p0000/sc/els_nieuws/ms/8vfRNArLu4/r/1285267694/pa/159497/uid/
Backup with sensitive HIV information stolen — from a car
Grace Jang of KTVA reports that the HIV status of thousands of Alaskans is likely in the hands of a thief: Anchorage Police, along with the Alaskan Aids Assistance Association known as the Four A’s, say the sensitive information was taken earlier this month, but because the investigation is still very active, a lot of information…
In: Judge’s laptop stolen from court
Two breach reports from India provide insufficient detail as to whether, or how much, personally identifiable information might be involved but one case involves a laptop stolen from a judge’s chamber and the other involves a cellphone belonging to an assistant advocate that was stolen inside the Supreme Court building. CCTV cameras did not capture…
A home invasion leads to a breach for a New Hampshire lawyer
Two heads are better than one. Evan Francen noticed a breach report on the New Hampshire Attorney General’s site that I apparently missed back in July. A laptop containing confidential and personal information of clients of attorney George R. LaRocque, Jr. was stolen during a home invasion. Read more about the incident with Evan’s commentary…
Pointer: Over 23,000 patients notified in three breaches reported to HHS
In addition to a LabCorp breach where we do not have a lot of information other than 507 patients were notified of theft of paper records with their PHI, I also just posted three other newly revealed breaches over on PHIprivacy.net that resulted in over 23,000 patients being notified. You can read about those…