Privacy law scholar and law professor Daniel Solove writes: I’ve written before on the issue of whether 911 calls should be public. The recent release of the Demi Moore 911 call raises the issues once again. From CBS News: The tape of the frantic 911 call from actress Demi Moore’s Beverly Hills home Monday night is out and, reports CBS…
Category: Health Data
NY: Laptops stolen from Albany doctor's office
Cathleen F. Crowley reports: A burglar stole two laptops from a doctor’s office last week, and with them, records of about 640 patients, according to Oldendorf Medical Services. Staff at Oldendorf, located at 1365 Washington Ave., Suite 100, discovered the theft on Jan. 18. The previous night, a thief picked the locks and entered the…
CA: Sequoia Hospital vendor posted hospital employees’ personal information online
Aaron Kinney reports: A contractor working for Sequoia Hospital inadvertently posted the personal information of 391 current and former hospital employees on a public website, where it stayed for four years, the hospital said Thursday. An employee for Towers Watson, an international professional services firm, posted the information in October 2007, hospital CEO Glenna Vaskelis…
OK: Medical records stolen from skincare company
Sharon Phillips reports: A burglary in south Tulsa has detectives on high alert. The personal information of more than 400 people is now in the hands of crooks. It happened at Preferred Skin Solutions near 55th and Lewis, and now officers are concerned about identity theft. The owners believe the thieves broke in sometime between…
TX: Nurse terminated for unauthorized viewing of TRMC patient records
Bob Palmer reports: A privacy breach by a “curious” nurse at Titus Regional Medial Center has resulted in letters to 108 former patients warning of a slight risk of identity theft. Hospital Administrator Ron Davis relayed Tuesday that internal auditing procedures uncovered the misconduct. “The nurse said she was just ‘curious’ and looked at records…
Follow-up: 'Sensitive' patient details on memory stick lost
A care provider has lost a memory stick that held sensitive personal information about 53 people from Northern Ireland. Praxis Care Limited lost the unencrypted material last August but the details have just emerged. The company has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act and has been ordered by the Information…