I was skimming the Veterans Administration report to Congress on data breaches and incidents for February and thinking, “Hey, this looks pretty good this month,” and then…. I saw an incident involving the VA Midwest Health Care Network in St. Cloud, Minnesota. On February 9, a staff member conducted group meetings to complete a paper packet with…
Category: Lost or Missing
Karmanos Cancer Center discloses lost flash drive contained patient info
It’s 2016. Why are people still mailing unencrypted flash drives with protected health information? This should be an automatic monetary penalty from OCR. It’s not, but it should be by now. Fox47 in Detroit reports that the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center is notifying 2,808 patients and family members after they lost an unencrypted flash drive…
AU: Sydney University ‘lost’ computer containing sensitive student information
Michaela Whitbourn reports: The University of Sydney has admitted it “lost” a notebook computer containing sensitive information about students using disability support services, in a major privacy breach that has shocked and angered students. As the Baird government is urged to tackle privacy law reform, the university warned on Friday it could not “absolutely guarantee the security”…
Ca: Class action launched against auto lender for data breach
I know litigation can take a long time, but wow, this case is dragging on… and on…. The breach that forms the basis for this suit pre-dates this blog. Sarah Rubenoff reports: Quebec law firm Lex Group Inc. announced Monday it has gained authorization to move forward with a data breach class action dealing with…
FL: Radiology Regional Center Notifies Patients After Paper Records Fell Out of Vendor’s Truck
Radiology Regional Center, PA, a physician-owned and managed diagnostic facility with nine locations in Florida, announced today that on December 19, 2015, Radiology Regional Center was informed by its records disposal vender (sic), Lee County Solid Waste Division (“Lee County”), that, on that same date, paper records containing the personal information of Radiology Regional Center’s…
IE: Potential data security breach at NTMA
BreakingNews.ie reports: The National Treasury Management Agency has notified the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of a potential data security breach. A spokesman for the NTMA says the incident occurred yesterday as State Claims Agency records were being removed from the NTMA premises for archiving by the NTMA’s off-site document storage provider. During the…