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Nanaimo school district apologizes after students’ personal information goes to wrong parents

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Dissent

NewsTalk980 reports: The Nanaimo school district is apologizing after a printout containing students’ personal information fell into the hands of the wrong parent. […] Parents had reported getting a printout with their child’s personal information on one side, but with the information of a second student on the other. The printout detailed things like phone…

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UK: Data breach shock at trust which runs FGH in Barrow

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Dissent

The North-West Evening Mail reports: Confidential medical information including patient names, addresses and medical details were found abandoned in public places last year. The private documents were handed in to health bosses after being located in a bin, a hospital car park and a recently-cleaned hospital apartment, a report has revealed. A fourth serious data…

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UK: Kinver headteacher apologizes after confidential pupil documents found in field

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Dissent

Dan Sharp reports: A headteacher has issued a heartfelt apology after confidential documents about pupils were found blown across the school’s field. Documents profiling seven students with special educational needs (SEN) from Kinver High School and Sixth Form were discovered by village resident Ian Macey while he was out walking his dog. The Individual Learning Profiles…

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NC: Hair meant for donations to kids with cancer found in dumpster with donors’ info (updated)

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dissent

The Gaston Gazette reports that hair donated to support Wigs for Kids, a charity in Ohio supporting kids battling cancer, was tossed out in North Carolina – along with the donors’ personal information: Some customers who got their hair cut for charity at a Great Clips in Gastonia are upset that their donations and their…

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Ca: Reported Privacy Breach Involving Human Rights Commission

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Dissent

VOCM reports: There are reports of another privacy breach, this time involving the Human Rights Commission, a division of the provincial Department of Justice.  A man in Central Newfoundland says he received a package by registered mail, but instead of the information he was expecting to receive, he got a package intended for another person….

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Colorado notifies Medicaid patients of HIPAA breach

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Dissent

Denver, CO – The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) announced today that protected health information was unintentionally disclosed in a recent mailing. Letters were mailed between May 25 and July 5, 2015 and contained protected health information (PHI) of individuals from 1,622 households. The problem was identified on July 1st when…

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