The following email was published by The Oak Ridger after it was sent to them by NHC Oak Ridge administration: Officials at NHC Oak Ridge, 300 Laboratory Road, have reported a possible breach of patient information due to a missing backup tape that wasn’t encrypted. The information on this tape included patient names, Social Security…
Category: Health Data
NZ privacy commissioner finds that physician properly mitigated harm following a breach
Case Note 248601 [2013] NZ PrivCmr 4 : Medical practice mitigates future harm after data breach A doctor working in a suburban medical practice had his car broken into and bag stolen. The bag contained a USB stick holding the personal information of a number of patients, including the complainant. The data detailed the complainant’s…
NZ insurance firm settles over privacy breach
Stuff reports: An insurance company has been forced to reach a settlement and change its policies after breaching a man’s privacy by accessing his full medical history without permission. The unidentified man brought a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner after the company he applied to for trauma insurance accessed his full medical…
FDNY EMS sued over photos that violated privacy and humiliated people
Despite my efforts to stay on top of news stories about privacy breaches, I am no longer surprised to learn that I’ve missed some big ones. Such appears to be the case involving some members of the FDNY EMS service. In March, Twitter and the media lit up after racist tweets by “Bad Lieutenant,” identified…
IL: Loyola Medical Center employee charged with identity theft
A Loyola University Medical Center employee has been charged with identity theft. MySuburbanLife.com reports that Riverside police charged Katrina R. Spears of Chicago with one count of felony identity theft. The charges followed an investigation that began in August following a complaint from a patient who reported her identity was stolen after being treated at…
Long after some breaches occurred, we first find out via HHS's breach tool (Update 1)
HHS updated its breach tool yesterday. The following is an annotated list of new entries on their list. It is not clear to me why there are breach entries where the breaches occurred in 2011 or 2012. Did HHS delay in adding incidents to the breach tool or are entities first discovering and/or reporting the…