Pharmacy Times has more on the case of a pharmacy technician at a San Diego CVS store who was accused of stealing patient data for identity theft. It appears that CVS had no knowledge of the data theft until they were contacted by the Secret Service, who had raided her apartment: During an interview with CVS…
Category: Health Data
East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates notifies patients after patient list discovered on employee’s laptop (updated)
What may have been an innocent, but improper, storage of PHI on an employee’s personal laptop has led to a breach notification by East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates. The only thing that might seem a tad concerning is that the breach was discovered by police who were apparently investigating an unrelated matter. The employee was not…
South Korea: Major health data breach hits sector ‘weak’ in compliance
Rocio Galeote has more on the case in South Korea that involves the allegedly illegal sale of prescription information to IMS Health Korea and the transfer of that info to IMS Health in the U.S., etc. The breach impacts 43 – 44 million Koreans. I still haven’t seen anyone name the systems developer who’s also charged…
UK: Confusion over patient data on lost hospital stick
It seemed like a straightforward breach disclosure, but apparently there’s still some confusion swirling around what happened with an East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust USB stick that was found by a member of the public. The Eastbourne Herald reports: The husband of a woman whose confidential patient details were found on a memory stick which…
MA: McLean Hospital Notifies Research Participants of a Privacy Incident
Belmont, MA July 28 – McLean Hospital announced today that it is notifying individuals related to a privacy incident involving information maintained as part of a research program. This incident did not involve any patient information from McLean’s medical records system. On May 29, 2015, McLean learned that four backup data tapes related to the Harvard Brain…
Federal Court certifies privacy class action by Medical Marijuana patients against Health Canada
HALIFAX, July 28, 2015 /CNW/ – The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class action commenced on behalf of more than 40,000 medical marijuana licensees alleging that Health Canada violated their privacy. In November 2013, Health Canada sent notices to over 40,000 participants of the Marihuana Medical Access Program (MMAP) to advise of changes to regulations governing the use…