Noel Towell and Rania Spooner report: Health Minister Sussan Ley has apologised to doctors over the accidental leaking of sensitive Medicare data. The federal privacy watchdog will assess Health Department claims that no patients’ medical information has been released after sensitive information on the Pharmaceutical Benefits and Medicare Benefits schemes was accidentally leaked by the department. […] The department…
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Alberta College of Paramedics privacy breach put information of thousands of members at risk
CBC reports: A breach that happened with the Alberta College of Paramedics navigation portal may have put the personal information of thousands of first responders in the province at risk. ACP governs and regulates the province’s emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, and emergency medical technologists. The regulatory association said, in a release, there was a security breach and…
UC San Diego School of Medicine notifying trainees whose SSNs were exposed on the Internet
The UC San Diego School of Medicine is notifying people whose personal information was accidentally exposed on the Internet: (UCSD SOM) became aware of the exposure on September 7, and took immediate steps to secure it. They do not indicate how they first became aware of it. Nor do they indicate for how long the file…
Dozens of clinics, thousands of patients impacted by third-party data leak
EMR4all, Inc. was a California business providing free EMR software to physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy practices that used their associated patient billing service, Rehab Billing Solutions (RBS). Over the summer, they began shutting down operations and notifying their clients of their closure. Their effort to make a graceful exit wound up marred by a data…
Privacy breach shows names and addresses of military personnel’s families
Brett Ruskin reports: A privacy breach has revealed the personal information of dozens of Canadian military members, including names, ranks, service numbers, home addresses, home phone numbers, as well as names of spouses and children. The documents are freely available to anyone who requests the file at the Federal Court of Canada. “That sort of information…
North Korea only has 28 websites, according to leak of official data
Justin McCurry reports: The internet is awash with news and comment about North Korea, from its nuclear tests to speculation about the health of its leader, Kim Jong-un. But its own contribution to the world wide web is tiny, according to a leak that revealed the country has just 28 registered domains. The revelation came after…