Correen Zell reports: A number of BMO Harris Bank customers received tax documents in the mail this week with other people’s personal information, and they’re still waiting for answers. When Don Liebenthal brought in the mail Thursday, a tax document from BMO Harris Bank addressed to his wife caught his eye. Liebenthal saw a stranger’s name,…
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Attorney’s confidential files on abused children scattered on street
Gabrielle Fonrouge, Kevin Fasick and Natalie Musumeci report: A court-appointed lawyer left documents containing the names and addresses of child-abuse victims — and even explicit details about their cases — to be scattered along a busy Midtown street, The Post has learned. The alleged breach of confidentiality involved 13 city and state case files that…
Ca: Children solely affected by OHIP privacy breach
Johanna Weidner reports: Personal information for thousands of children was mailed to strangers in an OHIP privacy breach. The province confirmed Thursday that all the incorrectly printed health card renewal notices it mailed belonged to children who have a birth date in early July. A printing mistake on the double-sided form resulted in a mismatch…
Ontario government scrambling after printing mistake causes data breach affecting thousands
Vito Pilieci reports: The provincial government is scrambling to notify thousands of Ontarians that they have been victims of a data breach that has exposed the health card numbers, birth dates and homes addresses of at least 5,600 people. Anne-Marie Flanagan, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, admitted the breach after the…
Ca: Chatham-Kent Health Alliance discloses March privacy incident
Matt Weverink reports: Two months after a privacy breach took place at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, the hospital is now reporting the incident to the public. Hospital officials say on March 6, 2017, a document containing sensitive health information about seven patients was found on the front lawn of a community member. The document was…
Pentucket Medical notifies employees and patients of data security incident
Speaking of confusing incident reports, Pentucket Medical in Massachusetts reported a somewhat confusing incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. It seems that on January 18, four boxes of mainly physician/clinician records were removed from CubeSmart Storage Facility by another client of the facility. Why that client might knowingly remove those cartons, and how…