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Breach notification letters create second breach for health co-op

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Dissent

I had been a bit critical in reporting on a recent breach involving the Oregon’s Health Co-Op, writing: In reading the substitute notice below, note that they do not say from where the laptop was stolen, nor how many were affected. And what kind of “commitment” to privacy is it to just password-protect a laptop…

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Theft of private data on 900 L.A. County-USC patients investigated

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Dissent

Veronica Rocha reports: Officials are investigating a security and privacy breach affecting 900 patients who were treated at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center’s mental health facility. The breach was discovered April 3 during a search of the home of a nurse who was employed at the Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center, said Michael…

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TN: Holston Valley patient info found in Bristol recycling bin; nurse resigns over error

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Dissent

Hank Hayes reports: Wellmont Health System has sent letters to patients whose protected health information was recently discovered at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Wellmont said in a prepared release issued on Wednesday. Wellmont said the patients “were likely not” identity theft victims. Read more on Times News. Wellmont issued the following statement: Wellmont Health…

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A 2011 breach rears its ugly head again?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

It seems that everywhere I go, I stumble over breaches that I didn’t know about. Today, something on Findlaw showed up in searches. It said: I am unfortunately a victim of identity theft as of 2014. I just found out about it in february of 2015. Luckily for me the thieves did not do too…

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NC: Patient records removed from abandoned Statesville hospital

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dissent

Tina Terry reports that a Channel 9 News investigation resulted in crews removing dozens of boxes of patient records from an abandoned Statesville hospital, the old Davis Hospital. Now wait for it:  the records were abandoned more than 30 years ago. But according to Davis Hospital, back then, “the hospital was operated by an unrelated organization.” Read…

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Medical pot users try class action after Health Canada privacy breach

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dissent

Sherri Borden Colley reports the latest development in a lawsuit filed after an administrative error resulted in “outing” 40,000 medical marijuana users: Lawyers will go before a Federal Court judge in Halifax in June to ask the court to certify a proposed class action on behalf of 40,000 medical marijuana users whose privacy was breached by…

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