Steven Ross Johnson reports on a lawsuit involving P2P filesharing and patient data: Officials from a local medical clinic remained silent Monday about claims they allowed sensitive information on AIDS patients to be leaked. Calls to the Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin, 164 Division St., were not returned Monday. The allegations, made in a…
Category: Health Data
NL: Data of medical applicants leaked
Karin Spaink provides this English summary of a breach that was reported in Bits of Freedom, March 1, 2010 and that affected an unknown number of people: The data of people who applied for a specialization as general practitioner after having finished their primary medical eduction, leaked via the website Huisartsenopleiding. Appending a first name…
Medical identity theft strikes 5.8% of American adults
Ellen Messmer reports: Identity thieves are not only interested in tapping financial resources, but are also after your medical identification data and services. Medical identity theft typically involves stolen insurance card information, or costs related to medical care and equipment given to others using the victim’s name. Roughly 5.8% of American adults have been victimized,…
Medical identity theft strikes 5.8% of American adults
Ellen Messmer reports: Identity thieves are not only interested in tapping financial resources, but are also after your medical identification data and services. Medical identity theft typically involves stolen insurance card information, or costs related to medical care and equipment given to others using the victim’s name. Roughly 5.8% of American adults have been victimized,…
Woman charged with stealing patients’ identities
Chuck Weber reports: Detectives have arrested a West Palm Beach-area woman, accusing her of stealing personal information of diabetes patients. Tuesday Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 35-year old Erika Morales, and served a search warrant at her home. Detective Bill Griffin said Morales stole identities of clients of the medical supply company, Diabetes Direct…
FL: Woman charged with stealing patients' identities
Chuck Weber reports: Detectives have arrested a West Palm Beach-area woman, accusing her of stealing personal information of diabetes patients. Tuesday Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 35-year old Erika Morales, and served a search warrant at her home. Detective Bill Griffin said Morales stole identities of clients of the medical supply company, Diabetes Direct…