Shaun Wooller reports: The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed records containing details of 150 patients to school to use as drawing paper. Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust confirmed it is investigating how the child got hold of the personal documents. However, it refused to say if any of the pupil’s relatives worked for…
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MI: McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital accused of leaving patient medical records in decommissioned hospital
Ta’Niyah Jordan reports: Patient medical records are meant to be private. But one of Lansing’s largest hospitals is being accused of leaving behind boxes of confidential patient files in a decommissioned hospital. […] A whistleblower who attended the April 19th preview at the Pennsylvania campus says he found several boxes containing patient files. In images…
CA: Video captures thief stealing hundreds of medical records from Sherman Oaks dental office
Vivian Chow and Rick Chambers report: Security video captures a thief breaking into a Sherman Oaks dental office and stealing hundreds of files containing patients’ personal information on Thursday. The break-in happened at Riverside Dental located on the 12900 block of Riverside Drive just after 3 a.m. Surveillance cameras captured the thief entering the office…
UK: Braintree GP surgery warns of data breach after ‘confidential’ information blows across roads
Matt Lee reports: A GP surgery has admitted to a data breach after “confidential” information was blown into the local area whilst being obtained by waste collectors. Mount Chambers Surgery in Braintree says they have reported themselves to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) over the breach. The GP surgery, on Coggeshall Road in Braintree, looks…
Break-in poses security threat to Multnomah County Health Department patients
Lisa Moreno reports: The Multnomah County Health Department began notifying over 2,000 patients Friday that a month-old security breach may have put their personal information at risk. Someone broke into the Gladys McCoy Health Department headquarters in Old Town on the night of Feb. 17 and the county notified police on Feb. 21 after discovering the burglary,…
Piles of confidential ANZ bank documents found ‘floating down the street’ after they were carelessly dumped in a skip bin on a busy street
Brett Lackey reports: Piles of confidential documents containing the personal details of ANZ customers have been found thrown in a skip bin on a busy street by someone walking by. Scott Collins, 26, was walking near Armadale Central Shopping Centre, in Perth’s south-east, when he noticed the papers overflowing from the bins which were being used…