Russell Redman 1 reported the following on September 21: COVID-19 vaccine records were stolen from an off-site vaccination clinic held by Safeway in Washington, D.C. Parent company Albertsons Cos. said Tuesday that, on Sept. 8, an employee who facilitated Safeway’s COVID vaccine clinic at the Fort Stanton Recreation Center at 1812 Erie St. SE in…
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OR: Southeast Health Center break-in compromises personal information of about 700 people
Multnomah County in Oregon is notifying some applicants for the Oregon Health Plan whose information may have been accessed during a break-in. The break-in occurred while the Health Center was closed for construction on August 4. Files in the cabinets included applicant records with name, date of birth, address, email address, Social Security number, insurance…
Internal emails raise questions about government’s investigation into Walgreens privacy breach
I am so glad to see a follow-up on this case because I had the same questions about how and why Walgreens did not suffer the same federal penalties as CVS and Rite Aid for the same infringement of HIPAA. My original coverage of this breach is no longer online as the former version of…
Ie: Patient medical records found in a pub and carpark
Irish Examiner reports: Patients’ medical records from Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) were found in a pub and in a carpark by members of the public in two separate incidents that occurred in the same five-week period, it has emerged. Read more on Irish Examiner. The story contains reports on other HSE breaches.
UK: NHS Highland apologizes after data security breach
Tom Ramage reports: Letters inviting patients at NHS Highland for their second dose of Covid vaccine were produced by NHS Highland Public Health carrying information relating to other patients. A spokesperson has explained: “These letters each contain the name and address of the patient along with the date, a time slot and a location they…
AU: Optus under investigation for White Pages privacy breach
Tom Biggs reports: Regulators have opened an investigation into Optus for potential breaches of the Privacy Act, following an incident in which the telco accidentally sent off thousands of customers’ contact details to be published in the White Pages directory against their wishes. In October 2019 Optus contacted almost 50,000 customers to inform them of the privacy…