California-based Accellion has already released statements about a breach they experienced. And they have already been hit with at least one lawsuit over the breach. But we are still first learning about how some of their clients were impacted. Today we learned that the University of Colorado is investigating whether there was any personal, confidential,…
Category: Lost or Missing
Cedar Springs Hospital notifies patients of breach after state loses drive with patient data
Yesterday, Cedar Springs Hospital in Colorado issued a press release about an incident that involved the state. They explain: Cedar Springs Hospital recently received a request from its licensing agency, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (“CDPHE”), for certain hospital records. As a licensed healthcare provider, Cedar Springs Hospital is subject to periodic…
NZ: Parole Board admits to privacy breach
Anan Zaki reports: The Parole Board has admitted to a privacy breach after one of its members lost a portable memory drive. The member travelled on an Air New Zealand flight from Dunedin to Hamilton on 13 November, when they lost the drive. New Zealand Parole Board chair Sir Ron Young told RNZ in a…
Investigation launched after hundreds of confidential patient details from Lloyd Pharmacy were sent to a woman in the post
Jessica Sansome reports: A woman received a parcel from Lloyds Pharmacy containing hundreds of prescription records – exposing confidential patient information. She believes the box from Lloyds Pharmacy was meant to be delivered to NHS prescriptions services in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Read more on Manchester Evening News.
400 patient records lost after cabinet at Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital mistakenly removed by contractor
Zoe Low reports: A filing cabinet containing more than 400 patient records was suspected to have been mistakenly disposed of by a contractor at Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital last Friday. The locked four-drawer steel cabinet was used to store the service records of 442 elderly patients who had received “integrated care and discharge support”…
Ca: 2 hard drives and documents with personal health info left behind during MLHU move
CTV reports: The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is defending itself over a privacy breach earlier this year when papers and two computer hard drives containing personal information and personal health information were left behind at its former headquarters on King Street. It happened during the move to its new location inside Citi Plaza in the…