Dean Beeby reports: A privacy breach at CBC/Radio-Canada was larger than initially reported, involving 23,675 employees, former employees, contractors and others, internal documents show. The corporation said on May 16 — when it first announced the breach — that 20,008 people were affected. That’s the number it reported to the privacy commissioner of Canada. But…
Category: Theft
Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic notifies patients after journal stolen from employee’s car
Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic of Helena notified 1,254 patients of a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information. On May 26, an Associated Dermatology employee learned that someone had broken into her car and taken a journal she had been keeping for personal use to assist her in her care of Associated…
Laptop containing Northwest Territories residents’ health info stolen in Ottawa
Alex Brockman reports: A laptop containing health information on people living in the Northwest Territories was stolen from a vehicle in Ottawa, according to a news release from the territory’s health department. The laptop held comprehensive health data on patients in the N.W.T. and their health history. The computer was stolen from a locked vehicle…
Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information data breach
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 870 patients about the theft of a laptop computer that may have exposed some of their health information. On June 3, 2018, a Michigan Medicine employee’s personal laptop computer was stolen. The theft occurred when the employee’s car was broken into and his bag, which contained the…
CHRISTUS Spohn notifying 1,800 patients: Medical records stolen in April theft
KRIS-TV reports: Medical records for some patients from CHRISTUS Spohn medical centers in Corpus Christi were among the items stolen from an employee, the organization reported. According to a press release from CHRISTUS Spohn, the incident happened back on April 16, 2018, when an employee was the victim of a burglary that led to the theft…
San Francisco acupuncturist notifies patients whose records were stolen in burglary
Denise M. Bowden, LAc, M.S. is a licensed acupuncturist in San Francisco. A notice on her web site describes a recent data security breach: Denise M. Bowden, a board licensed acupuncturist, has become aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of some patients’ personal and health insurance…