The Mirror reports that Cambridgeshire Police left confidential complaint details on its website for 6 days.
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Province solves medical mailing problem
The Canadian Press reports: New Brunswick health officials say they have corrected a mailing problem that caused confidential medical reports intended for a doctor to be mistakenly sent elsewhere. For over five years, Irene Doyle got a number of letters from the department of diagnostic imaging at Acadie-Bathurst Hospital that were sent to her post…
Pointer: European Parliament Adopts Position on Data Breach Notification Requirement for Telecoms and ISPs
The Privacy and Security Law Blog has a nice article by Hunton & Williams LLP on the new European Parliament position on data breach notification requirement for telecoms and ISPs. As the authors note, “For the first time in EU law the amendments [to the e-Privacy Directive] introduce a definition of “personal data breach” and…
UK: Medical records stolen from GP
Charlie Campbell of The Guardian reports that patient records were on a computer stolen from The Shrubberies Medical Practice on March 26, and NHS Redbridge is not sure whether the thieves can access the database containing the sensitive information.
UK: Patient records stolen from hospital
Seen at thisisGloucestershire.co.uk: Hospital chiefs have written to more than 2,000 patients after their confidential records were stolen. Stroud General Hospital patients’ details were on a computer that was taken in a raid on the Field Road hospital at the end of March. NHS Gloucestershire Care Services has sent letters to 2,470 patients, as although…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Yomi Jagunna, one of 8 people arrested last year as part of a New Jersey ring, pleaded guilty for his part in setting up a phony collection agency to obtain access to commercial databases where they obtained Social Security numbers and info. Jagunna pleaded guilty to selling 39 SSN, but prosecutors…