Haven’t seen a postcard health data breach in a while, but here we are. WBRC in Birmingham Alabama reports The UAB School of Nursing has informed 1,655 patients this week of an incident in which a study recruitment postcard sent to the patients inadvertently shared protected health information (PHI). According to a press release from…
Category: Exposure
In: KEM staffers make paper plates out of patient reports; notice issued
Read the following story seen on Business Standard and then tell me what word you would use to describe your reaction. The administration of King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, a civic-run facility, has issued show-cause notices to six staff members following the circulation of a video showing paper plates made from folders of patients’ reports….
Sensitive Toledo Police Department documents found in trash
Here’s a reminder that not all breaches are cyber breaches. We still read about entities that just toss files with sensitive information in the trash. Alexis Means recently reported on a police department that is allegedly a repeat offender that way: the Toledo Police Department in Ohio. Toledo Police have launched an investigation into who…
Almost all citizens of city of Eindhoven have their personal data exposed
Graham Cluley reports: A data breach involving the Dutch city of Eindhoven left the personal information related to almost all of its citizens exposed. As Eindhovens Dagblad reports, two files containing the personal data of 221,511 inhabitants of Eindhoven were accessible to unauthorised parties for a period of time last year. Everyone who lives in the Netherlands…
Police Service of Northern Ireland facing £750k fine following data breach that exposed personal information of more than 9,000 staff
Suzanne McGonagle reports: The PSNI is facing a £750,000 fine following the spreadsheet error that exposed the personal information of its entire workforce. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the fine comes after information relating to more than 9,000 serving PSNI officers and staff was published online in August last year. An investigation by the…
Guardant notifies patients of unintended information exposure going back to October 2020
A notification by Guardant Health, Inc. in California (“Guardant”) caught DataBreaches’ eye yesterday. Guardant is a laboratory that performs cancer screening tests on samples received from its physician and hospital partners. Patient information that they received may have been inadvertently exposed between October 5, 2020 and February 29, 2024. They explain: Guardant recently determined that…