C’mon, Florida law firms: get your data protection/records disposal act together, will you? This is the second report of improper data disposal this week. The first was in Orlando.
Category: Paper
KY: Medical records from defunct practice found in Richmond dumpster
Melanie Kendall reports: A Madison County man says he found thousands of medical records stuffed in a dumpster. Carl Swanger says Saturday he found 65 boxes filled with patient information, including social security and credit card numbers. He says immediately he knew something wasn’t right. The boxes were stuffed in a dumpster at AAA Rent-A-Space…
UK: ‘Outrage’ in Mansfield and Ashfield after personal records of hundreds of residents found dumped in bin
Joe Malone reports: Residents across Mansfield and Ashfield have been left ‘outraged’ after hearing that their private documents were found dumped in a recycle bin on Wednesday. The documents belong to a quick cash loan company called Morsesclub, who merged together with Shopacheck Financial Services Limited in March. Among the documents found in Sutton, were…
Update: Boyd Hospital recovers records that had become new building owner’s property
HIPAA Journal has an update to a situation I had previously noted on this site – a hospital that failed to remove stored medical records from a building before its new owner took possession – despite, the new owner says, repeated calls on his and a realtor’s part alerting them to the situation. The hospital attempted…
FL: Personal documents, SSN found in dumpster behind Orlando law firms
WFTV reports: Several local law firms could be in hot water for dumping sensitive information containing client information into a dumpster. Law firms are supposed to shred or burn the information, officials said, but piles of sensitive documents, including bank account information, were in plain sight. Unfortunately, they don’t report the names of the law…
Leaving personal info behind during a move, Thursday edition
Records with personal and/or patient information continue to make news when they are left behind during moves. Just this week, we learned that Boyd Hospital left records behind during a move – records that may have legally become the property of an individual who bought the building from the county. While Boyd Hospital seemingly knew…