Claire Mellor reports: Lawyers representing plaintiffs in a proposed class action, claiming Health Canada breached privacy rights and jeopardized the safety of medical marijuana users, will be seeking damages of up to $20,000 per person, a court in Halifax heard Wednesday. Federal Court Justice Michael Phelan is hearing a certification application for a proposed class…
Category: Exposure
Private medical data of 6,600 Texans was exposed on Internet for up to 8 years
J. David McSwane reports: Confidential medical records of more than 6,600 Medicaid patients in Texas were unintentionally made public for up to 8 years via the Internet by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. The agency, which is charged with assisting some of the state’s most vulnerable people, became aware of the breach in…
Results of investigation into Victoria urologist expected in weeks
Cindy E. Harnett reports: Two years after it was alleged that a Victoria urologist photographed an unconscious obese male patient and sent the picture to others for non-medical reasons, the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons has yet to rule on the case. The privacy breach is alleged to have occurred on July 4, 2013,…
IN: Defunct “My Fast Lab” leaves patient information exposed
Giles Bruce reports yet another instance where a firm or covered entity closes and confidential data is just dumped, unshredded. I wish HHS and/or FTC would go after more of these situations and impose some serious consequences to send a clear message that this will not be tolerated. Medical tests. Copies of Social Security cards,…
Abandoned autopsy lab in Tobolsk, Siberia still has medical records, human remains
This is a somewhat bizarre – and disturbing – breach involving medical records and human remains. Police have launched an investigation after an abandoned autopsy laboratory containing mummified baby remains was discovered in a park. The gruesome facility in Tobolsk, which may have been used as recently three years ago, was stumbled across by a…
UK: Livid parents in the school placement request system demand answers from East Ayrshire Council after confidential information was LEAKED
Clair Fullarton reports: Sensitive details, including 13 parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, along with children’s names and dates of birth were posted out with letters on St Andrew’s Primary placement request appeals. The list also gives siblings’ details, personal circumstances, child care arrangements and in one instance refers to a parent working away from home….