It occasionally happens that a breach or incident response creates a second incident of its own. That seems to be the case with Alive Hospice, as this newest press release suggests, but does this require second notification to HHS/OCR? My first impression is that it would, but I’m interested to hear what HIPAA lawyers might…
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Oh good grief, Saturday edition
Seen on Twitter: BREAKING: Dutch hospital that just got fined 460.000 euro by Dutch DPA for staff snooping in medical files, is in the news today again: staff used medical files as grocery list. Left them in shopping cart supermarket. Compliance is a cultural issue!https://t.co/LhVELzgL8J #GDPR — Jeroen Terstegge (@PrivaSense) September 7, 2019 A google…
AU: Call for formal probe into Barwon Health privacy breach
Bay 93.9 reports: There are calls for an independent investigation after sensitive medical records were found on a Geelong street. The documents included data about dementia and mental health patients and contained information including names, conditions, medication, behaviours and even toileting habits. Barwon Health has apologised to residents and families involved in the breach. Read…
Western Connecticut Health Network notifying patients that their medical records were in a box that broken open during mailing
Rich Kirby reports: Nuvance Health, which operates the Western Connecticut Health Network, is warning patients that some of their medical records may have been compromised. On Monday, Nuvance released a statement that read in part: “On June 21, 2019, WCHN learned that a box containing medical records that it had sent via the United States…
Anger after confidential medical records found dumped in shed
Lewis Clarke reports: Medical records and personal information regarding dozens of patients has been dumped in a shed in Tiverton. The details of patients at the former Post Hill care home include names, photos, eating habits, behaviour details, addresses of next of kin. Currently the site is in development by Barratt Wilson Homes. Read more…
FI: Tax authority estimates 27,000 customers affected by mix-up
Yle reports: An error by the Finnish tax authority Vero, in which approximately 27,000 customers received letters containing information relating to other individuals, has created a serious data protection situation, according to the Assistant Data Protection Commissioner Jari Råman. “It is always a serious situation when personal information goes to the wrong place. Especially if…