Shropshire Star reports a laptop with personal details – including bank account details – of employees at the Ministry of Defense Donnington base was stolen from the car of an employee of Kuehne and Nagel on Tuesday. “We Kuehne and Nagel confirm that the company laptop of an employee went missing, presumed stolen, on June…
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CA: Fred Finch Youth Center Notifies Clients Of Potential Breach Of Personal Health Information
Fred Finch Youth Center (FFYC) is in the process of notifying 6,871 current and former clients and program participants of a potential breach of Protected Health Information (PHI), after discovering a break-in had occurred at one of FFYC’s San Diego County locations on the weekend of April 4th, 2015. When discovered on Monday, April 6, police determined that burglars…
Rite Aid says personal information, prescriptions stolen in Baltimore looting
Scott Dance reports: As looted prescription drugs flood Baltimore streets, fueling a surge in violence, pharmacy chain Rite Aid warned customers Wednesday that their personal medical information could be on the streets, too. Store officials said the labels on prescriptions stolen during the late April riots included patient names, addresses and the names of medication,…
Ill. Appeals Court Won’t Revive Advocate Data Breach Lawsuit
What is there about “no standing” that you failed to accept? And why do lawyers keep filing lawsuits when the courts have been pretty consistent about dismissing for lack of standing if a lead plaintiff can’t demonstrate actual injury or harm or truly imminent and likely injury? Law360 reports: An Illinois appellate court on…
U.S. HealthWorks notifying employees of laptop theft
U.S. HealthWorks, a Dignity Health member, is notifying employees that one of their fellow employees screwed them by leaving a laptop with their unencrypted name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, and job title in a car, from where it was stolen overnight. Well, they don’t describe it that way, but that’s the net result,…
Heartland Payment Systems reports another breach (UPDATED)
Update: Heartland responded to this post with a statement. See the Comments section for their statement. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (“Heartland”), who made news when they disclosed a huge breach on President Obama’s first inauguration day, has reported another breach. This one appears to involve Heartland Payroll Solutions, Inc. In a letter to those affected, Heartland…