Nothando Mkhize reports that a pile of social grant applications were found on a street in Ndwedwe. The South African Post Office is investigating to see if they were stolen from a post office during a burglary last month. In a puzzlingly vague statement, a spokesperson noted that an employee has been suspended. But why?…
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TX: Dozens of boxes of medical records found at Odessa Recycling Center
Joshua Skinner reports: Over two dozen boxes of old medical records containing personal patient information were found at the Odessa Recycling Center over the weekend. How old medical records from West Texas Orthopedics came to be sitting out in the open at the recycling center this past weekend isn’t clear, nor is who’s to blame….
UK: Man finds sensitive patient data outside Caithness General
The Northern Times reports: A man who was passing by Caithness General Hospital in Wick claims to have found a document containing “highly sensitive medical information” about patients. The member of the public, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he found the folded A4-size piece of paper lying on the road near the gate lodge…
Woman’s shock after getting two medical files with other people’s STD results and mental health diagnosis
Ciara Phelan reports: A woman told of her shock after receiving two different medical files containing separate patients’ STI results and a mental health diagnosis. Rachel Healy, 38, from Co Cork, said she received a medical file via email on August 5 from Union Quay Medical Centre in Co Cork which was not hers. The file contained the…
Some Cub Pharmacies in Minnesota report breaches due to looters
Cub Pharmacies is the fourth chain I’ve seen that is reporting some theft of protected health information related to looters during protests in May. But when you read the descriptions of these events — these not just protesters protesting. These people intentionally stole patient data and records. For what political protest purpose? None that I…
Ca: Health records found at Fort Simpson dump may have been stolen: report
Katherine Barton reports a long-awaited update to a 2018 incident where the investigation was delayed due to backlog: The Northwest Territories’ privacy commissioner’s investigation into medical records allegedly recovered at the Fort Simpson landfill in 2018 point to someone stealing the files from a health and social services building in the community. CBC North first…