YLE reports: Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reports that a trove of patient data including names and personal ID numbers has been found in the Pasila district of Helsinki. The data is from patient records from a contraception clinic from the 1980s and 1990s. An IS reader spotted the papers and found six documents on Asemapäällikönkatu, before…
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SC: Roper Hospital patient records in courier’s stolen car
Rebecca Collett reports that a courier for Roper Hospital had a suitcase with patient records stolen on July 3 while she was paying for gas: The medical records were in a locked suitcase in the car, according to Andy Lyons, the Director of Corporate Communications for the hospital system. The records belong to 133 patients…
New England Dermatology creates new protocol after improper patient records disposal
Amy Phillips reports: New England Dermatology, P.C., d/b/a New England Dermatology and Laser Center (“NEDLC”), is reporting that paper records containing health information of patients who were seen at their Northampton office during a period from approximately June 10, 2013 to May 23, 2018 were discarded without first being shredded. NEDLC self-reported the lapse in appropriate waste…
NZ: Investigation, apology after doctor loses confidential breast cancer patient files
Kirsty Johnston reports: A doctor lost a file containing highly sensitive information about breast cancer patients, while walking between a hospital and a radiation clinic, it has emerged. Police have been called over the blunder amid fears someone has found the document and plans to make it public. Both agencies involved – Southern District Health…
Police probe after adoption agency’s files found strewn on Tel Aviv street
Times of Israel reports: A Tel Aviv resident was shocked to find thousands of highly confidential documents from a leading Israeli adoption agency strewn on a sidewalk in the city. The files from the Taf adoption agency listed names of hundreds of adoptive parents and children between the years 1999-2016, and in most cases included…
NZ: Privacy breach at Disputes Tribunal
Ugh. Shane Cowlishaw reports: A sensitive case file that was misplaced at a Night and Day convenience store left a woman “understandably upset” after it was sent to the man she was locked in a dispute with. Shane Cowlishaw reports. Details of the privacy breach were revealed in a briefing to Justice Minister Andrew Little,…