On March 20, 2015, attorneys for the Central Dauphin School District in Pennsylvania notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving visitors’ drivers license images. The district has a security system that involves scanning visitors’ drivers licenses when they enter the administration building. The laptop that stored those images, which was provided by…
Category: Exposure
FL: Orlando Health patient information allegedly found in neighborhood driveway
WFTV reports that Orlando Health has been sending out letters to some patients whose protected health information was disclosed when a patient list was found in a driveway. Henderson said the letter stated the patient list contained names, medical record numbers, account numbers and even diagnoses. It goes on to say it appears the list was…
Illinois AG sues records storage company FileFax for dumping thousands of Suburban Lung Associates’ patients’ records
There’s a follow-up to a breach that was first disclosed by CBS in Chicago in February. The incident, involving patients of Suburban Lung Associates, was reported to HHS in April as affecting 2,984 patients. The following is the press release from Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office: Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against…
CA: Santa Maria Coco’s Restaurant closes suddenly; ex-employees say personal info left in dumpster
Charlie Misra reports: The sudden closure of Coco’s Bakery and Restaurant in Santa Maria a few days ago was a shock to both employees and customers. Former employees say they’ve been dealt another blow and some of them found their personnel files tossed in the dumpsters out back. Read more on KSBY.
Security Advisory – PillPack.com Online Pharmacy
Yakov Shafranovich found a vulnerability that exposed patients’ prescription histories to others as long as the other(s) had their full name and date of birth: During the signup process, PillPack.com prompts users for their identifying information. In the end of the signup rocess, the user is shown a list of their existing prescriptions in all…
Ca: Confidential medical records found abandoned
So HHS discloses a settlement with a pharmacy that did not properly dispose of patient records, and now we hear that a Canadian pharmacy has also failed to dispose of records properly. CTV reports: A discovery inside an apartment building’s recycling bin has one London man fuming, after private medical documents from a nearby pharmacy…