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Medical marijuana patients’ personal information found in trash pile

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Dissent

Fox10 reports: A medical marijuana dispensary is conducting an investigation into how sensitive patient information ended up in a pile of trash on a public sidewalk. The man who found the medical records believes this is a breach of patient privacy. The documents weren’t shredded and were laying out in the open. Somehow, trash from…

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SG: Fined for leaking 8,000 people’s personal data

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Dissent

K.C. Vijayan A printing firm hired by an insurance company sent erroneous account statements to policyholders that resulted in more than 8,000 people having their personal data leaked. The data breach by Toh-Shi Printing Singapore was its second such infringement and it was fined $25,000 last month by the Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore (PDPC)…

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Boxes of patient information missing from Florida Hospital in Orlando

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

WFTV reports: Boxes of patient information from Florida Hospital are missing, hospital officials said Friday. A hospital representative said some boxes were misplaced while moving boxes of patient files from one storage unit to another. In a release, the hospital said, “While transferring boxes from our storage vendor, Access, to another one of our storage…

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Syrian refugees’ data stolen from council worker day before Clydebank arrival

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

Tristan Stewart-Robinson reports on a small-N breach with potentially huge consequences for those affected: A list of the names of Syrian refugees and their new addresses in Clydebank was stolen one day before they were moved to the town, The Post can reveal. Some of the most vulnerable families in the world, fleeing the ravages of war, could…

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Ca: 19 patients affected in ‘accidental’ Eastern Health privacy breach

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Dissent

CBC News reports: Eastern Health is calling a privacy breach involving 19 patients at a travelling clinic in Happy Valley-Goose Bay “accidental.” “I apologize to all of the patients, as well as their families, for this accidental material breach,” said Eastern Health CEO David Diamond in a news release Wednesday. The health authority said the personal information of…

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Concentrix: Tax credits firm in ‘data protection breach’

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Dissent

Peter Whittlesea reports: A US firm used by the government to cut tax credit payments has suffered a data protection breach, it is claimed. Facebook campaign group Concentrix Mums believe around 100 claimants have been sent information such as bank statements, self assessment details and National Insurance numbers of others. A Concentrix spokesperson said: “We…

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