From their press release: LaPorte & Associates, Inc. (“LaPorte”) today announced an incident involving potential unauthorized access to a laptop containing certain personal information. LaPorte is an insurance agency that provides, among other things, insurance procurement, consultation, and support services for its clients. The data potentially subject to unauthorized access varies, but includes some combination…
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CA: Notice to Individuals Regarding Privacy Incident Involving Capitol Administrators, Inc.
Notice how they do not tell us when the phishing attack occurred – only when they concluded their investigation of it. So when was this attack, and when was it actually discovered for purposes of the 60-day clock? And how many people are being notified? From their substitute notice on their web site: Capitol Administrators,…
Data breach affects nearly 900 patients from two San Francisco hospitals
Catherine Ho reports: The personal information of nearly 900 patients of San Francisco General and Laguna Honda hospitals was breached after a former employee of one of the hospitals’ vendors got unauthorized access to the data, the San Francisco Public Health Department said Friday. The data included patients’ names, dates of birth, medical record numbers…
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas notifying 8,300 clients after discovering data had been exposed for 10 months
The Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas, Inc. posted the following notice on its site about a breach. According to their report to HHS, the incident resulted in the notification of 8300 clients. May 9, 2018 To CPRF Clients: We are writing to notify CPRF clients of a privacy incident involving demographic data for those…
UK: Patients’ data released in Oswestry orthopaedic hospital breach
Lisa O’Brien reports: The trust running Oswestry’s orthopaedic hospital has reported a data breach involving patients who were involved in a long-standing study. An investigation has been launched after Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reported the breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office. […] It is understood that the data breach…
The Oregon Clinic notifies patients after employee email account hacked
From their press release: The Oregon Clinic announced today that a data security incident may have affected protected health information (PHI) within an email account. On March 9, 2018, The Oregon Clinic learned that an unauthorized third party accessed an email account. The Oregon Clinic immediately disabled the unauthorized access to the account and began…