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HK: Lost flash drive with patient data wasn’t password-protected

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Dissent

Adele Wong of The Standard reports that the Hospital Authority has been urged to improve security to avoid further losses of patients’ records following another incident involving a lost flash drive with unencrypted data. In this most recent incident, a physician from the obstetrics and gynecology department at United Christian Hospital misplaced a USB flash…

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Fujitsu Consulting first notifying people of July 2008 breach (commentary)

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Dissent

When a package containing an electronic storage device was lost in transit between Fujitsu Consulting offices in New York City and Montreal by an overnight courier on July 28, 2008, the unnamed courier service and law enforcement were immediately notified. It is only now, however, that 3,410 individuals associated with Travelers Insurance Company are being…

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N.B. says privacy policy violated after health records vanished

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Dissent

CBC News in Canada reports: The New Brunswick government is acknowledging that its privacy policies were not followed after the health records of 203 people went missing from a regional health authority in February. Acting health minister Kelly Lamrock said Friday that senior officials in the Department of Health should have been told immediately. That’s…

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UK: Another blow for council children’s services after confidential data is lost

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Dissent

Philip Irwin of The Glamorgan Gem reports: The Vale Council children’s services department has been hit by another storm of protest, after a memory stick containing child protection details was found in the street outside the council offices. It has been reported that the memory stick also allegedly contained details of court cases and of…

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MD: State employee information lost in the mail

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Dissent

Gadi Dechter of The Baltimore Sun reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 8,000 state employees and retirees were in a report “lost in the mail” this month, raising concerns about identity theft and questions about why sensitive information was sent through the postal service rather than electronically. […] On March 3, the…

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KY: Sensitive information taken from Owensboro college

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Dissent

Stuart Peck reports: The personal information of 3,000 past and present students and faculty at Owensboro Community and Technical College is still missing. Names, social security numbers, and employee and student ID numbers are on a portable computer storage drive missing now for a week. College officials believe someone has taken it and may not…

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