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Ca: Victoria Police investigating after employee records tossed in cardboard bin

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Dissent

CTV reports: Police are investigating a possible privacy breach after a Victoria sporting goods business tossed boxes upon boxes of personal information in a downtown cardboard recycling bin. Six boxes, which contained sensitive private information including social insurance numbers and bank and health records, were discovered by a CTV employee in the bin behind Sports…

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Ca: Laptop, files stolen from employee’s car held data on babies

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Dissent

Jonathan Sher reports: Personal health information about young mothers and their babies was stolen from the parking lot of the local health unit after an employee left files and a laptop in a vehicle, health officials say. The thief made off with health information of about a dozen families that had been left in a…

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Medical documents found in confetti for women’s soccer parade

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Dissent

Well, this is not the first time we’ve seen personal information in a ticker tape parade.  We saw it in 2009 when the Yankees were honored in the Canyon of Heroes and some folks dumped unshredded or inadequately shredded  papers. It also happened during the 2012 NY Giants Super Bowl parade and then the Macy’s Thanksgiving…

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Howard University Hospital patients received letters meant for others

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Dissent

Julie Zauzmer reports: More than 1,400 Howard University Hospital patients accidentally received letters intended for other patients with the same last names, the university disclosed on Friday. The letters contained only the patients’ names, their account numbers and the dates that they visited Howard University doctors, not any other personal information, the university said in…

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Ca: Mailing error in Newfoundland and Labrador reported to privacy commissioner

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports:  Six beneficiaries in Newfoundland and Labrador’s prescription drug program have received letters from the Department of Health and Community Services that were intended for someone else. The government says it has contacted the six people affected by telephone. The six letters are from 21,000 mailings sent on June 29 extending beneficiaries’…

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Theft of prescription bottles during riots results in breach notifications

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dissent

There was a lot of media attention last month when Rite Aid disclosed that it was notifying customers whose prescriptions with personal and Rx information were stolen during the Baltimore riots in April. Flying somewhat lower under the media radar, however, was the fact that CVS similarly started notifying its customers later in June.  The…

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