Jason Braverman reports: Kroger announced today that a box of pharmacy records was lost. They said in late July, a records management service, Retrievex, Inc., the company’s business associate, shipped a box of pharmacy records to the Woodstock Kroger via a third-party common carrier. Retrievex confirmed with the carrier that the box was lost in…
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OCR Imposes a $2.15 Million Civil Money Penalty against Jackson Health System
Note: coverage of the breaches referenced below can be found on this stie by searching it for “Jackson Health System.” The following is a press release from the U.S. Department of Health Office for Civil RIghts: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has imposed a civil…
UK: Bolton school pupils’ personal details lost after data breach
Joseph Timan reports: Personal data identifying hundreds of children’s names, addresses and schools have been “misplaced”. The missing document is believed to reveal the personal details of all Year 7 pupils in two secondary schools. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has launched an internal investigation after the school nursing team lost a list of 425 pupils’…
Hundreds of Greater Manchester children’s details lost in data breach
BBC reports: Personal data identifying hundreds of children’s names, addresses and schools has been “misplaced”, prompting an inquiry at a hospital trust. A missing document contains the details of all Year 7 pupils in two Greater Manchester secondary schools. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has launched an internal investigation after the school nursing team lost the…
AU: Call for formal probe into Barwon Health privacy breach
Bay 93.9 reports: There are calls for an independent investigation after sensitive medical records were found on a Geelong street. The documents included data about dementia and mental health patients and contained information including names, conditions, medication, behaviours and even toileting habits. Barwon Health has apologised to residents and families involved in the breach. Read…
NV: Renown Health warns lost thumb drive could put some patient information at risk
James DeHaven reports: Northern Nevada’s largest health care provider is still looking for a thumb drive containing patient information that first went missing in June. Renown Health on Friday announced it was mailing letters to patients whose information may have been stored on the data storage device. An unnamed Renown employee first reported the thumb…