Brittany Bade reports: At first glance, it just looked like a lot of litter lining the street, but when concerned citizens stopped to look, they realized these discarded papers hold information no one would want out in the open. “I’m floored. I don’t even know yet how I feel,” said a patient named Renee. Renee…
Category: Lost or Missing
NSW: ‘Disturbing’ privacy breach revealed: Over 1,000 NSW Health medical records abandoned in derelict building
Ange McCormack reports: More than 1,000 confidential medical records have been left on the floor at a derelict former aged care facility operated by the New South Wales Government. The privacy breach, uncovered in a triple j Hack and ABC News investigation, is believed to be one of the largest of its kind in Australian…
OR: Lane County Health and Human Services says more than 700 patients and clients had their files lost or possibly destroyed
Bryan Anderson reports: Lane County Health and Human Services announced the loss of 49 boxes containing patient and client information Tuesday night. The boxes contained 566 Community Health Centers of Lane County patient medical information files and 149 Lane County Developmental Disabilities client files. Those files included medical histories, addresses, contact information and social security…
NZ: Investigation, apology after doctor loses confidential breast cancer patient files
Kirsty Johnston reports: A doctor lost a file containing highly sensitive information about breast cancer patients, while walking between a hospital and a radiation clinic, it has emerged. Police have been called over the blunder amid fears someone has found the document and plans to make it public. Both agencies involved – Southern District Health…
University of Toledo alerts some faculty, students of lost flash drive
Lauren Lindstrom reports: A lost flash drive containing the names and Social Security numbers of an undisclosed number of people associated with the University of Toledo prompted the university to send out letters alerting those affected by the “security incident.” A UT faculty member lost an unencrypted flash drive containing personal information belonging to some…
Marines make changes after data of 164,000 people lost on Okinawa
And poof… It sounds like many people may have known for years about the sloppy infosecurity being used but no one really did anything to put a more secure system in place… and so, of course, it was inevitable that disaster struck. Matthew M. Burke reports: The Marine Corps has changed the way it handles…