Darragh McDonagh and Brian McDonald report: More than 100 data protection breaches involving sensitive personal information held by the Health Service Executive (HSE) occurred over the past year, internal documents indicate. Details of the incidents, which occurred between April 1st, 2014 and April 1st, 2015, have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. Read…
Category: Health Data
Florida Hospital faces two data breach lawsuits
Paul Brinkmann reports: Florida Hospital is facing two possible class action lawsuits regarding two separate data breaches of patient information over the past four years. The hospital is battling both suits, and has recently submitted motions to toss them both out. The first data breach, revealed in August 2011, involved Florida Hospital employees Dale Munroe…
MO: Multiple credit cards involved in health center stealing
Lake Sun reports: Multiple credit cards were apparently used by the employee arrested in the theft of more than $140,000 from the Morgan County Health Center along with the identity theft of a former employee. Melissa D. Owsley, 38, was arrested and charged last week with one count of identity theft resulting in the theft…
AU: Defense medical records sent to China in security breach
David Wroe reports: Eye test records and personal contact details of hundreds of military personnel including soldiers posted overseas were sent to China in a significant data security breach, Fairfax Media has learnt. The records, which included in many cases mobile phone numbers of personnel, were sent to a processing facility in China’s Guangdong province…
NZ: Swift apology after mental health privacy breach
Sarah-Jane O’Connor reports: A mental health support group is “mortified” after accidentally sending out the email addresses of hundreds of people with anxiety disorders. Christchurch woman Debbie Wilson said she received an email from Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support (MHAPS) on Thursday and saw the addresses of the more than 200 recipients were visible….
East Sussex NHS Trust apologies over data breach
BBC reports: More than 3,000 patients have been sent a letter of apology by the NHS after a computer memory stick containing their personal information was found by a member of the public. East Sussex NHS Trust said the stick had been left by a member of staff near a trust building. The information was…