Vanessa Miller of Daily Camera reports that Boulder police have chained up 10 recycling bins outside the now-defunct Anderson Kia car dealership after learning that the bins were stuffed with personal information from the dealership’s former customers. All of the folders reportedly contained Social Security numbers, driver’s license information, photos, phone numbers and financial information…
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N.J. accidentally reveals personal data of 28K unemployed residents
Chris Megerian reports that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development notified about 28,000 unemployed residents that their personal information may have been compromised due to a clerical error that may have sent their Social Security numbers to employers for whom they did not work.
TN: “Thousands” Of Medical Records Discovered In Recycling Bin (update 1)
A second breach involving patient records reported in Chattanooga this week, and it also involves paper records: Derek Dellinger of NewsChannel9 reports that customers at a recycling center found hundreds of medical records thrown into the trash for anyone to see. Officers on scene told the reporter that the records included patients from hospitals to…
Tennessee man receives hundreds of Georgia patients’ insurance records
NewsChannel9 in Chattanooga Tennessee reports that a man in Harrison (TN) received a priority package that contained hundreds of patients’ insurance papers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. The documents contained account numbers, patient names, member numbers, service dates, charges and tax id numbers. There was also a check enclosed from the insurance company…
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…
TX: Medical records found in recycling bin
Erin Cargile and Hal Nelson of KXAN report that “dozens of boxes with thousands of patients’ personal information and medical histories” and Social Security numbers were dumped in a recycling bin outside a Goodwill store in Cedar Park at Parmer Lane and FM 1431. So far, no word on who the responsible party or parties…