Catherine Shanahan reports: The discovery on a Co Louth street of four pages of doctor’s notes containing patients’ details has been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. A member of the public found the consultant’s report, which contained the names and dates of birth of at least 18 patients and the units they were treated…
Category: Lost or Missing
CY: Hospitals must digitise patients’ records, nearly 100 files missing, data watchdog says
Andrea Kades reports: Nicosia general hospital has lost 94 patient medical records since 2016 that are nowhere to be found, personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Thursday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, she said this posed a serious risk and as outlined in the latest audit report for the…
MA: Framingham radiology lab notifies 9,387 patients after drive discovered missing
Jonathan Dame reports: Charles River Medical Associates says it lost a portable hard drive believed to contain personal information and x-ray images of everyone who received a bone density scan at its Framingham radiology lab within the past eight years. That is, 9,387 people. The practice mailed letters Monday to the patients whose medical records…
DJO Global Notifies St. Rose Dominican Patients of Potential Breach of Personal Information
January 5, 2018 – DJO Global, Inc., a global provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, announced today that on September 25, 2017 DJO discovered an incident involving the potential disclosure of certain personal information of individuals who received a DJO Global product from the Siena, San Martin or De…
Abandoned documents at raided cockfighting ring allegedly owned by PM’s in-law
Oops? The Phnom Penh Post reports: Kandal, Cambodia – Abandoned documents, found by Phnom Penh Post reporters at a raided cockfighting ring allegedly owned by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s in-law, suggest a network of local payoffs across Kandal province. A trove of documents left behind by law enforcement officials at a recently shuttered cockfighting…
Canadian government agrees to $17.5 million settlement of class action lawsuit over student loan privacy breach
The Canadian Press reports an update on litigation stemming from a lost or missing device with student loan data on 583,000 students. The breach occurred in 2013. The federal government will pay at least $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed after a major privacy breach involving about 583,000 student loan recipients. Firms…