From AmberCare Hospice, this notice of a laptop theft incident: Recent Data Incident Affecting AmberCare Hospice Patients Ambercare Corporation, Inc. (“Ambercare”), a provider of personal care, hospice, and home health services, is committed to protecting its clients’ confidentiality. Ambercare has recently provided notice to certain New Mexico residents about an incident affecting their personal information….
Category: Theft
SC: Roper Hospital patient records in courier’s stolen car
Rebecca Collett reports that a courier for Roper Hospital had a suitcase with patient records stolen on July 3 while she was paying for gas: The medical records were in a locked suitcase in the car, according to Andy Lyons, the Director of Corporate Communications for the hospital system. The records belong to 133 patients…
UK: Patient data breach after bag stolen at Poole Hospital
BBC reports: Patients’ details were inside a bag which was stolen in an NHS hospital, it has emerged. The bag, which contained the personal information of “a number of patients”, was stolen in Dorset’s Poole Hospital, a report by its trust said. It was “discarded and hidden within the hospital” and the documents recovered, according…
CBC privacy breach was bigger, broader than 1st announced
Dean Beeby reports: A privacy breach at CBC/Radio-Canada was larger than initially reported, involving 23,675 employees, former employees, contractors and others, internal documents show. The corporation said on May 16 — when it first announced the breach — that 20,008 people were affected. That’s the number it reported to the privacy commissioner of Canada. But…
Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic notifies patients after journal stolen from employee’s car
Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic of Helena notified 1,254 patients of a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information. On May 26, an Associated Dermatology employee learned that someone had broken into her car and taken a journal she had been keeping for personal use to assist her in her care of Associated…
Laptop containing Northwest Territories residents’ health info stolen in Ottawa
Alex Brockman reports: A laptop containing health information on people living in the Northwest Territories was stolen from a vehicle in Ottawa, according to a news release from the territory’s health department. The laptop held comprehensive health data on patients in the N.W.T. and their health history. The computer was stolen from a locked vehicle…