Dana Kozlov reports on tremendous amount of paper medical records left behind behind the now-shuttered former Medical Professional Home Healthcare Center in Chatham. Read more on CBS and their follow-up here. So okay, folks, you really need to at least look at the pictures in those stories. It’s *disgusting* what has happened to patients’ records….
Category: Paper
Two lists with names and details of 33 patients from Letterkenny General Hospital found after being dumped
The Irish Sun reports: Two lists containing the names and details of 33 patients from a Donegal hospital were found dumped in Letterkenny in recent weeks. The latest serious breach in patient confidentiality at Letterkenny General Hospital has been confirmed by Saolta, the company which governs the hospital. Read more on Irish Sun.
TX: HHS joins medical records dump investigation
Jacob Rascon reports: With the help of Tomball Police, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights is investigating the illegal dumping of thousands of medical records. The more than 20 boxes of records belonged to former Today’s Vision patients and employees, including their Social Security numbers. Read more on…
UK: More than 2,000 motorists had private info exposed by DVLA after driving licences and passports were sent to the WRONG addresses
Dan Elsom reports: MORE than 2,000 drivers had confidential details exposed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency after important documents were sent to the wrong addresses. The DVLA reported 439 data breaches over a 10-month period, according to a BBC Freedom of Information investigation. Read more on The Sun.
SNP faces fines for data protection breach after election mailing error
Severin Carrell reports: The Scottish National Party faces being fined for a breach of data protection laws after sending out tens of thousands of European election mailings to the wrong addresses. The Information Commissioner’s Office confirmed on Friday morning that the SNP had referred itself for investigation after voters across Scotland received letters addressed to…
Ca: Almost 200 children’s records found at Yellowknife dump
Jimmy Thomson reports: Some Yellowknife parents say they’re worried about privacy after sensitive information about their children was left in the salvage area of the city’s landfill. Documents left at Yellowknife’s dump contained names, birth dates, health care numbers and details about health conditions, and parents’ names and contact information. All 191 records relate to…