There’s an update to a breach reported by MaineGeneral Health in December after the FBI alerted them in November that information had been found on an external web site. At the time of their December notification, MG had noted that the scope of the incident was still under investigation. Today, they issued a press release with…
Category: Health Data
WV: Woman says St. Mary’s didn’t protect her medical records
Kyla Asbury reports on another small-n breach case that reportedly had huge consequences for the victim: A Wayne County woman is suing St. Mary’s Medical Center after she claims it allowed people to access her private health information that should not have had access. St. Mary’s Medical Management LLC; Cabell-Huntington Hospital Inc.; Rebecca Winters, formerly…
AU: Canberra psychology clinic accidentally reveals clients’ personal details in email
Megan Gorrey reports that an email gaffe by psychology clinic exposed more than 200 patients’ email addresses to each other. Northside Psychology, which has offices in Hawker, Gungahlin and Erindale, admitted a “serious administrative error” meant the email addresses of all recipients were included in a message about a mindfulness seminar sent to more than 200 people on Tuesday. […] “The list…
Disciplinary action withdrawn against two dozen nurses accused in privacy breach
James Wood reports: Disciplinary measures have been dropped against dozens of Alberta Health Services employees in the case of a massive alleged privacy breach in Calgary, although some workers still face sanctions. In October, AHS announced 48 employees working out of South Health Campus faced disciplinary action, with at least one being fired, for improperly accessing a patient’s information….
Disclosure of patient’s mental health status and treatment results in strong response by Serbia’s Commissioner of Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection
Marko Popovic and Bogdan Ivaniševic of BDK Advokati write: In December 2015, a journalist disclosed one patient’s health data in a TV show. The data were related to the patient’s mental health and his treatment in the mental health clinic “Dr Laza Lazarevic”, in Belgrade. The Serbian Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection (“Commissioner”)…
Nearly 21,000 customer records hit by Blue Shield security breach
Courtney Perkes reports: Blue Shield of California announced Thursday that personal information from nearly 21,000 individual and family plan customers was accessed in a security breach late last year. The information included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Read more on Orange County Register. This incident does not appear to be on…