There’s a follow-up to an incident previously reported on this site. Charlie Kratovil reports: A Sayreville man was arrested on September 12 and charged with “selling medical records that he stole from a storage unit in East Brunswick,” according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO). Authorities stated that “over 1,000 medical records,” which contained…
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NJ: Man stole records from doctors’ storage unit
Associated Press reports: Authorities say a man stole hundreds of medical records from a storage unit used by three doctors and then sold the information. Middlesex County prosecutors say Fernando Rios is charged with identity theft, trafficking in personally identifying information and burglary. Authorities say the 33-year-old Sayreville man broke into a storage facility in…
Security breach feared after private patient records found outside old Royal Adelaide Hospital
Katrina Stokes reports: Private patient documents were accidentally left outside the old Royal Adelaide Hospital overnight in a potential security breach that has been labelled ”a serious matter” by doctors. […] A statement provided to The Advertiser from the Central Adelaide Local Health Network admitted the Health Department was “aware of an isolated issue regarding the…
Yet another breach due to envelope windows?! CVS Caremark exposes patients’ HIV status in mailings
I can almost hear Yogi Berra saying, “It’s deja vu all over again.” Lou Chibbaro Jr. reports: CVS Caremark, a division of the CVS pharmacy and healthcare company, abruptly discontinued a mailing last week to patients in Ohio receiving HIV-related medication from the company after it learned that a reference to “HIV” appeared above the…
Tax documents with personal info found in East Naples dumpster
WINK News reports: A box with files full of tax-related personal information from dozens of people was found in an open dumpster by U.S. 41. A man, who declined to be identified, made the discovery last month while bicycling near the dumpster at a plaza in East Naples. The files were stuffed with unshreded forms…
Insurer’s mailing to customers made HIV status visible through envelope window
Erin Mershon reports that a mailing error by health insurer Aetna exposed sensitive information: Thousands of people with HIV received mailed letters from Aetna last month that may have disclosed their HIV status on the envelope. The letters, which Aetna said were sent to approximately 12,000 people, were meant to relay a change in pharmacy…