Cianan Brennan reports: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has handed down a €65,000 fine to Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) after the personal data of 78 of its patients was discovered disposed of in a public recycling facility elsewhere in the county. The complaint was first raised with the DPC in June 2019 after a…
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Dozens of patient records dumped in St. Louis industrial area
Erin Richey reports that someone found boxes of patient records belonging to DaVita Florissant Dialysis on West Florissant Avenue. “Found names, Social Security numbers, addresses, lab reports, entire medical history of people and personal information,” he said. “ Read more on KSDK. According to the report, because Missouri does not regulate dialysis clinics, the state department…
UK: Ambulance chiefs launch inquiry into data breach
Alistair Munro reports: The Scottish Ambulance Service has apologised to staff in Moray after a “serious” data information breach. The SAS has launched a “detailed investigation” into how confidential details of employees were left in a garage in Forres. Moray MP Douglas Ross has raised the issue with SAS bosses after being contacted by a…
Data on 2,750 partner firms of Japan Post unit leaked
Oops! JIJI reports: A computer file containing data on 2,750 business partners of a unit of Japan Post Co. has been leaked, the parent company said Tuesday. On Oct. 6, an employee of the Tokyo-based unit, Japan Post Trading Service Co., which conducts catalog-based sales of midsummer and year-end gifts handled at post offices, mistakenly…
WA: Patient records stolen from Edmonds clinic, recovered by police
Brian Soergel reports: On Aug. 31, employees of the Health and Wellness Clinic at 22005 76th Ave. W in Edmonds discovered that a storage room where patient records were kept was broken into, according to the clinic’s Jenni Ricker. The clinic offers “natural medicine and physical care solutions for every lifestyle.” The storage room is…
AL: Some Pell City utility customers may have suffered data breach
Taylor Mitchell reports: Some customers who pay the city of Pell City via paper check for their utility bills may have had their data breached according to the municipality and Valley Bank. City Manager Brian Muenger said the municipality has been informed by Valley Bank that some of the city’s customers may have had their…