Dallas, TX, January 18, 2019 –(PR.com)– All-Star Orthopaedics is notifying individuals that a hard drive with patient data was stolen on November 20, 2018. At this time, All-Star Orthopaedics has no indication that the private information has been accessed or misused. On November 20, 2019 (sic), All-Star Orthopaedics discovered a hard drive containing x-rays and…
Category: Theft
PH: Locsin says ‘pissed’ contractor ‘took all’ passport data
Updated January 15: Locsin subsequently clarified his claim and said that no data had been removed or stolen, but had been made inaccessible. See this report. Original post: Katrina Domingo reports: MANILA – Some Filipinos renewing their passports may have to present their birth certificates as an additional requirement after a passport production contractor the…
Ca: UCP members ‘at risk for identity theft’ after laptop stolen, expert says
Lucie Edwardson reports: The United Conservative Party‘s privacy policies are being questioned after a party laptop was stolen out of an employee’s car in a parkade. The laptop contains the names, addresses and contact information of 40,000 UCP members. Experts say the language used in the memo to inform members was confusing and didn’t answer important questions….
Convicted terrorist charged with stealing hard drive with victim data on it
AP reports: Belgian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested a man who served jail time on terrorism charges over the theft of a computer hard drive containing autopsy reports about the victims of the suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016. Brussels prosecutor’s office spokesman Denis Goeman said the man, identified only by the initials…
Solis Mammography notifies 500 patients and HHS after laptop theft
Their press release of December 14: Ben-Ora, Hansen & Vanesian Imaging, Ltd. d/b/a Solis Mammography (“Solis”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this noticeconcerns an incident that involved some of that information. On October 17, 2018, we learned that a Solis computer had been stolen from our Phoenix location…
Blue Cross: Theft of employee’s computer may have compromised 15,000 customers’ data
Dave Bartkowiak Jr. reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced Friday that the personal data of nearly 15,000 of Medicare Advantage members may have been compromised after an employee’s laptop computer was stolen in October. Blue Cross said it was notified on Nov. 12, 2018 by COBX, a subsidiary company vendor serving Medicare Advantage business for them, that…