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UK: Drumchapel social worker’s laptop and notebook with confidential information found left in the street

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Dissent

Tristan Stewart-Robertson reports that a Drumchapel Social Work staff member’s bag with a laptop and notebook with confidential information about child clients and their families was found in the street by a member of the public on April 22. This includes full names, dates, medical issues and even criminal histories of children and families in…

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Student disability info ‘lost’ by uni was unencrypted and unsecured

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Dissent

Tom Joyner reports: The disability information of nearly 7,000 current and former students of the University of Sydney “lost” in a major privacy breach in February was unencrypted and unsecured, an internal review of incident has found. The information was lost when a software developer employed by the University left a laptop containing a student disability…

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PA Court Rejects Healthcare Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Dissent

Elizabeth Snell reports an update to a 2010 breach previously covered on this site: The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently dismissed claims in a healthcare data breach class action lawsuit, explaining that the trial court needs to review the plaintiff’s claim under the Uniform Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL). In the case Baum v. Keystone Mercy Health…

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Edwin Shaw employee loses unencrypted flash drive with 975 patients’ info

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Dissent

An anonymous site visitor kindly pointed me to this item that was in the Akron Beacon Journal last week: If you went to Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation hospital in 2010 or 2011, expect to receive a letter from hospital officials saying that some of your information may have been compromised. Officials said the data…

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Michigan dentist notifies patients of missing backup drive

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Dissent

On March 4, W. Christopher Bryant DDS P.C. alerted his patients to a potential data security breach that impacted 2,200 patients. On March 15, he posted this letter on his web site: 8285 S. Saginaw Suite 102 Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439 Dear Patients and Friends March 15, 2016 You are receiving this letter because of a recent…

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IE: Patient documents must have ‘blown out of’ doctor’s hand

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Dissent

The Dundalk Democrat reports: Councillor Tomás Sharkey has hit out at the latest breach of patient privacy in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. “Last week patients and their families received calls from management of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. The call was to apologise for the fact that personal files, found in a public place…

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