Peter Bernard reports: Patients of the former Suncoast Hospital are worried bad guys may have their private information. A security guard is watching the decaying, old medical center. But it might be too late to keep personal medical records from being stolen. “My wife had three of the kids out there. And she also had cataract surgery at…
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Hong Kong hospital patient records left in a taxi
Su Xinqi and Emily Tsang report on the case of a missing brain. Okay, that’s unsettling, I agree, but I’m posting a link to their coverage because of what else was in the story: Meanwhile, in a separate incident, Prince of Wales Hospital apologised on Friday evening after a staff member lost about 100 sheets…
Ca: Information breach at Royal Inland Hospital as binder with patient data goes missing
Dale Bass reports: John Ranta isn’t happy about a privacy breach at Royal Inland Hospital. The mayor of Cache Creek and former chair of the Thompson-Nicola Hospital District board said he was given a copy of a letter sent to one of the people in his community from RIH, advising that a binder with patient…
TX: Personal info still being discarded and dumped improperly
Courtney Schoenemann reports that a security analyst who goes dumpster diving in his spare time, came across a filing cabinet of account receivables from an Austin home remodeling company that had been dumped by an as-yet unnamed company: “Their routing numbers, bank account numbers, some had their driver’s license numbers on their checks. Everything you…
TX: Sensitive documents found strewn about on Houston street
Andy Cerota reports that trash blowing around on Brittmore Road near Hammerly Boulevard in Houston turned out to be thousands of documents on the side of the road, may with personal and sensitive information. Thursday morning. It’s not clear from the reporting who was responsible for all those records. Read more on Click2Houston.
Oklahoma man pleads guilty to using stolen medical records for identity theft
KXII reports: One of two men suspected of of using stolen medical records to commit identity theft has pleaded guilty in federal court. 34-year-old Robert Bond of Thackerville pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Read more on KXII. The report doesn’t indicate from where the medical records were stolen,…