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’
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…
Ca: Patient information shows up at wrong Corner Brook company
Colleen Connors reports: Western Health faces a privacy breach after 10 pages of patient information were incorrectly sent to a company in Corner Brook Tuesday. The documents include patient names, phone numbers and information pertaining to their doctors. The paperwork also listed medical transportation expenses required for patients living at BayShore Estates, a personal care home…
City Hall mum on burglary at Mama Lucy Hospital, medical records, vouchers gone
Chrispinus Wekesa reports: The Nairobi government has remained silent after the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital was burglaried (sic) and medical records stolen. Staff at the hospital said on Tuesday night, unknown people broke into the procurement office and stole medical records. Health CEC Bernard Muia and superintendent Musa Mohamed were reluctant to speak to the Star….
Lost and Found: Ventura County Health Care Agency notifies patients of breach
The Ventura County Star reports that 777 patients of the Ventura County Health Care Agency have been notified of a breach that happened in July because an employee took paperwork home and then couldn’t find it. The data reportedly included names, birth dates and medical history. Two cases involved financial data including Social Security numbers. The files…
KidsPeace announces possible client information breach
Dan Sheehan reports on a possible breach involving records that were created solely to document that patients’ medical and treatment records had been securely destroyed. Yes, this would be an appropriate place to insert an “oi veh.” SCHNECKSVILLE — A box containing confidential client health information disappeared from an office at KidsPeace, but the agency says it…