KGTV reports: Medical documents containing names and Social Security numbers for hundreds of patients were found dumped on a Paradise Hills sidewalk Monday morning. The records were discovered by a man on a sidewalk with some other trash in the area of Paradise Valley Road and Jester Street. The man then reported it to San Diego…
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IE: Mobile phone company Three suffers data protection breach
Business Post reports: Mobile phone company Three suffered a data protection breach today that saw dozens of its business customers’ billing data exposed. The Sunday Business Post understand the breach occurred when the businesses in question requested additional copies of their bills, which were subsequently sent to the wrong addresses. Read more on Business Post.
UK: Confidential records of 37 Derriford Hospital patients discarded in Truro charity clothing bank
WBGayle reports: Dozens of people’s medical records were found discarded in a charity clothing bank in Truro. Patients receiving care at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth say they were left “shocked” and “disgusted” after learning their records had been put in the bin by a former member of staff at the hospital. The documents contained each patient’s…
Radiology office mistakenly reveals 603 mammogram patients’ names
I’m not a fan of postcard appointment reminders for patients, as they expose the fact that the named individual is a patient of a particular doctor or practice – and sometimes, that, in and of itself, reveals more than I would want to see revealed. But under HIPAA, postcard reminders are not barred, and patients…
Where does your local govt store old records?
Seen on reddit, posted by “hiimquinten:” Okay, guys. This is my first time here so sorry if somethings not right about this post. But I have no idea where to go about addressing this. My friends and I went ghost hunting in an abandoned school in our town tonight. It was the typical very old…
MI: Resident discovers sensitive personal documents in Wyandotte Recycling Center bin
Jim Kasuba reports: It’s common knowledge that documents with personal information should be destroyed after no longer needed in order to lessen chances of identity theft. In most cases they’re put through a shredder. That wasn’t the case recently when a man using the Wyandotte Recycling Center, 1170 Grove, came upon documents that raised all…