Barb Ickes reports: More than six weeks have passed since notice was given: Children were breaking into a vacant nursing home in East Moline and stealing people’s medical records. Several city officials, including police and the mayor, were notified immediately. The Illinois Attorney General was contacted. Ditto for the Illinois Department of Public Health and…
Category: Paper
Vision Care Specialists, Inc., Notice of Data Breach
On May 22, 2017, Vision Care Specialists, Inc. (“VCS”) learned that on or about May 20, 2017 the VCS administrative office was burglarized. Immediately upon learning of the burglary, VCS contacted law enforcement who investigated the incident. VCS assessed the items that were stolen during the burglary, and determined that certain paper records containing patient…
Ca: District School Board of Niagara reaching out to parents after privacy breach
Allan Benner reports: District School Board of Niagara is hoping to hear from parents to determine the extent of a privacy breach at a Welland high school. DSBN communications manager Kim Yielding said the school board is asking parents of students at Welland Centennial Secondary School to call 905-641-2929, ext. 54117, and leave a message…
Veterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases breach reports
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…
Sydney surgeon reprimanded for privacy breach
The Cape Breton Post reports: The Nova Scotia College of Physicians and Surgeons has reprimanded a former Cape Breton vascular surgeon for failing to properly dispose of confidential medical records as he closed his practice in Sydney. Dr. Ronen Jhirad consented to the reprimand and will contribute toward the cost of the college’s investigation. The…
Kansas ID theft suspects had 429 job applications
Today’s reminder about the need to secure and securely destroy PAPER records, too, comes to us from Kansas: A search warrant shows authorities are investigating two suspected identity thieves found with a box filled with hundreds of Dollar Tree job applications apparently obtained by going through trash containers in Wichita. The warrant was filed recently…