From their disclosure notice: Western Health Screening (“WHS”) is an organization that offers comprehensive blood screening tests. It partners with community organizations, such as hospitals, to provide onsite blood screenings at Health Fairs throughout the Western slope of Colorado. You have been a participant at Health Fairs in the past that were sponsored by either…
Category: Theft
RI: Lifespan notifying 20,000 patients after unencrypted laptop stolen from employee’s car
Lifespan is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. To date, Lifespan has no indication that any patient information has been accessed or used by anyone as a result of this incident. Lifespan is investigating the theft of an employee’s…
Breaking: Voters’ personal data at risk in Cobb theft
Aaron Gould Sheinin reports on yet another breach involving Georgia voters’ information: State officials are investigating the theft last week of equipment from a Cobb County precinct manager’s car that could make every Georgia voters’ personal information vulnerable to theft. The equipment, used to check-in voters at the polls, was stolen Saturday evening, Secretary of…
Expedia Sued by Affiliate for Allegedly Stealing Data and Handing It to a Competitor
Dennis Schaal reports: An Expedia affiliate partner, Reservation Counter, has filed a lawsuit against Expedia Inc. alleging that the company stole Reservation Counter’s confidential search engine marketing data and provided it to a direct competitor, leading to the near-demise of Reservation Counter’s business. The lawsuit also alleges that Expedia covered up the breach rather than…
CoxHealth says burglars stole data of 80 patients
Gene Hartley reports: CoxHealth says financial data of about 80 patients were stolen during a burglary at one of its clinics last week. The company this week sent letters to the patients and offered them free credit protection for one year. A CoxHealth representative said Wednesday that the burglary at its Primrose OB/GYN Clinic was…
15 computers with ‘sensitive information’ stolen from Chief Justice Mogoeng’s office
Nic Andersen reports: In our country at the moment, you blink once and there is another crisis. This evening, shocking details have emerged of a very suspicious break-in at the offices of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. In the early hours of Saturday morning 15 computers were stolen, in South Africa that may sound normal to you, wait…