RTHK reports: A computer hard disk containing the names, identity card numbers and other personal information of about 3,000 eye patients has been stolen from the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po. The hospital said the disk was kept in a locked room pending destruction. It was discovered missing last week. A search was…
Category: Theft
UNR Warns Patients About Possible Health Info Compromise
KTVN reports: Some University Health System patients are being notified by letter that their information may possibly have been viewed without consent. Here is the information we received in the Channel 2 Newsroom directly from the University of Nevada: Computer equipment from a University Health System office in Reno was stolen on June 11 and,…
UK: Confidential papers stolen from policeman’s car
Police have fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after confidential paperwork was stolen from the boot of an officer’s car. The force has now been forced to take remedial action after it emerged the officer did not have a safe at his house and did not store the documents in his secure briefcase. A…
Insurers Deny Coverage for Breach Notice Costs (and why companies should consider cyber insurance coverage and why brokers should offer it)
David Navetta comments on the litigation involving the University of Utah, Perpetual Storage, and Colorado Casualty Insurance Co. You may wish for a scorecard to keep all the players straight: It was recently reported that an insurance carrier (Colorado Casualty Insurance Co.) denied coverage (and filed a lawsuit) for the $3.3 million in costs the…
Everett man who stole IDs of 70 people is sentenced
A follow-up to a case previously reported in Bits ‘n Pieces Cathy McLain reports: An Everett man was sentenced to 40 months in prison Wednesday on federal bank-fraud and identity-theft charges that involved fraudulent use of the identities of about 70 people. Craig A. Galey, 35, had pleaded guilty to the charges in U.S. District…
(UPDATE) Over 21,000 affected by DentaQuest breach in March still have not been notified
Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: From the what-took-so-long dept: On May 11, this site reported that the New Mexico Human Services Department had just revealed that a laptop theft that occurred on March 20 affected about 9,600 people. The laptop was stolen from the car of an employee of West Monroe Partners, a subcontractor for DentaQuest, the…