Some readers might appreciate an update as to what happened when Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and iHealth Solutions sent legal threat letters to this site after I notified them and reported that they were leaking protected health information. As I previously noted, I was – and remain – very grateful to Covington & Burling for their representation of me and this…
Category: Exposure
HSBC reveals customer information leak
Raymond Hainey reports: HSBC Bermuda yesterday apologised after it e-mailed personal information on customers to other account holders. The e-mails contained names, e-mail addresses, countries of residence, the name of the customers’ relationship manager and HSBC customer identification numbers. Now the bank has launched an investigation to find out how the personal details — attached…
Mississippi Division of Medicaid notifies more than 5,000 after discovering data were not securely transmitted for more than three years
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is informing approximately 5,220 individuals of the potential exposure of their protected health information (PHI). On April 7, 2017, DOM officials became aware of an issue with the online service the agency used to create forms posted to DOM’s website (http://medicaid.ms.gov). Once an online form was submitted the information…
Austin patient info could have leaked online as early as 2013, local clinic says
Katie Hall reports: A data breach at a local clinic caused the information of about 2,0000 (sic) patients to leak online, the Austin doctor’s office announced Monday. Names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, medical account numbers, preferred language, race and ethnicity were disclosed, Victory Medical Center said in a news release Monday….
Nearly 2,500 North Dakotans face a privacy breach
The North Dakota Department of Human Services is notifying 2,452 Medicaid program recipients or their guardians/personal representatives about a breach of the recipients’ protected health information. The department is mailing letters to affected individuals and has posted a notice to its website to apologize, provide details about the breach, and offer credit/identity theft monitoring services….
AU: Cosmetic surgery online mistake allows public viewing of women’s photos, private details
Yet another breach involving a cosmetic surgery facility. This one is in Australia, not Beverly Hills…. A cosmetic surgery clinic has leaked the confidential details of hundreds of women from around Australia in an extraordinary privacy breach. Teenagers are among those left shell-shocked after their names, home addresses, Medicare numbers and medical history were posted on the…