Hannah Martin reports: A mother who requested her son’s medical records claims she was also sent “fully identifiable” mental health notes about another patient. The Auckland woman, who Stuff has chosen not to name for privacy reasons, said Waitematā District Health Board’s error was a “completely unacceptable” breach of patient privacy. Read more on Stuff.
Category: Exposure
ED can withhold names of tax evaders in Panama Papers: Central Information Commission
PTI reports: The names of alleged tax evaders appearing in the Panama Papers leak can be withheld by the Enforcement Directorate from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held. The Commission made these observations while deciding the plea of Durga Prasad Choudhary who did not get a satisfactory response from the agency on his RTI…
Ca: ‘It just makes me sick’: Shuswap patient receives someone else’s medical records
I really do not know why people are stunned any more. There have been so many reports over the years of these mismailings or giving patients other patients’ records. Why is it still a shock? Jules Knox reports: A Shuswap woman was stunned when her husband received an envelope from Interior Health with somebody else’s medical records…
Millions of Beeline Clients’ Data Leaked – Kommersant
The Moscow Times reports: Personal data relating to the Russian mobile operator Beeline’s 2016 database of 8.7 million clients has been leaked, the Kommersant business daily reported citing banking security department sources. Kommersant checked the database, which list Beeline’s internet clients, and found that it includes full names, addresses and phone numbers. Read more on The Moscow…
Advocate Christ Medical Center demonstrates how NOT to respond to a HIPAA breach
Ok, we know mis-mailings and mix-ups happen, right. But what allegedly happened with Advocate Christ Medical Center is yet another example of how NOT to respond to an incident while claiming you take privacy and security seriously. CBS in Chicago reports that Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn Illinois sent Darnell Payne some other…
Pitt public health school apologizes for data release
Bill Schackner reports: An administrator in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health who was notifying seven students of balances due accidentally emailed them a spreadsheet attachment with balance information for them and 31 other students, officials said Friday. Read more on The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.