Fred Finch Youth Center (FFYC) is in the process of notifying 6,871 current and former clients and program participants of a potential breach of Protected Health Information (PHI), after discovering a break-in had occurred at one of FFYC’s San Diego County locations on the weekend of April 4th, 2015. When discovered on Monday, April 6, police determined that burglars…
Category: Health Data
China’s Hack of U.S. Data Tied to Health-Care Record Thefts
Michael A Riley and John Walcott report: The disclosure by U.S. officials that Chinese hackers stole records of as many as 4 million government workers is now being linked to the thefts of personal information from health-care companies. Forensic evidence indicates that the group of hackers responsible for the U.S. government breach announced Thursday likely…
Broward Resident Sentenced for his Role in Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Credit Card Numbers
This is a follow-up on a case originally covered on PHIprivacy.net. As I noted in that coverage, the prosecution never revealed the name of the medical office/provider from whom patient identity information was stolen. They still don’t: A Broward resident was sentenced to 34 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and…
Rite Aid says personal information, prescriptions stolen in Baltimore looting
Scott Dance reports: As looted prescription drugs flood Baltimore streets, fueling a surge in violence, pharmacy chain Rite Aid warned customers Wednesday that their personal medical information could be on the streets, too. Store officials said the labels on prescriptions stolen during the late April riots included patient names, addresses and the names of medication,…
Ill. Appeals Court Won’t Revive Advocate Data Breach Lawsuit
What is there about “no standing” that you failed to accept? And why do lawyers keep filing lawsuits when the courts have been pretty consistent about dismissing for lack of standing if a lead plaintiff can’t demonstrate actual injury or harm or truly imminent and likely injury? Law360 reports: An Illinois appellate court on…
UK: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
From the ICO: An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This follows a series of incidents where patient data was sent to incorrect addresses. On investigation it was disovered that although the Trust had issued ad hoc guidance to staff following…