Another reminder about the risks of data being stolen from an employee’s car at their home. Loop News reports: The National Works Agency (NWA) has been forced to redo a survey relating to the Montego Bay bypass road project in St James, following the theft of the data recently. The agency had collected the data…
Category: Theft
NY: KinetoRehab Physical Therapy notifies patients of laptop theft
A physical therapy clinic in New York is notifying more than 650 patients after a laptop with protected health information was stolen. KinetoRehab Physical Therapy, PLLC learned of the theft on September 16, and although there was security footage showing the thief, police have not apprehended the thief nor recovered the laptop. “Patients who were seen…
UK: ICO fines Historical Society £500 for data breach
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The ICO has fined a historical society after a laptop containing sensitive personal data was stolen whilst a member of staff was working away from the office. The laptop, which wasn’t encrypted, contained the details of people who had donated artefacts to the society. An ICO investigation found the organisation…
Indiana Health Coverage Program members notified of breach
HP Enterprise Services LLC (HPE), a Medicaid fiscal agent for the Indiana Health Coverage Program, recently notified HHS of the theft of 1,235 members’ information. The theft was discovered on September 16 and reported to HHS by HPE on November 7. According to a statement provided to media, a laptop bag stolen from an HPE employee’s car…
Personal health information taken from locked area: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (UPDATE 1)
Katherine Dow reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is set to release further details after personal health information was taken from a locked area earlier this month. The authority said those affected have been notified. This comes after the WRHA dealt with multiple security breaches in January. The first breach came on Jan. 14 when…
Assemblywoman’s Orange County campaign office burglarized; voter data stolen
AP reports: Thirty tablets and a laptop computer were stolen over the weekend from the Orange County campaign office of Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim, a spokesman said Monday. […] The tablets were used for neighborhood canvassing and contained private information about voters, though thieves would need a password to access it, Gilliard said. Read more…