KTTN reports that the medical records for 238 patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital were stolen from an employee’s locked vehicle on August 4. From their report, it sounds like the employee routinely needed to take records from facility to facility. They did not explain why those records could not have remained on a server that the employee…
Category: Theft
County-USC patients’ personal information stolen in car break-in
Abby Sewell reports: Files containing personal information on more than 700 patients treated at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center were stolen when an employee’s car was broken into, county health officials said Monday. The break-in occurred in July. The county Department of Health Services released a statement after trying to notify the affected patients by mail. The…
UK: Northern Irish nursing home fined by Information Commissioner’s Office
A nursing home in County Antrim has been fined £15,000 for breaking the law by not looking after the sensitive personal details in its care. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found widespread systemic failings in data protection at Whitehead Nursing Home at the time of a data breach. The breach came when a member of…
California dentist notifies patients of backup drive stolen from car
Why are we still reading reports of devices with unencrypted patient information being stolen from providers’ unattended vehicles? This is the second report this month I’ve read like this. And while it’s one thing to inform patients that you believe the device was stolen for commercial value and not contents, does this letter go too far…
TX: Thief steals personal information belonging to dozens of children
Renee Santos reports that a binder with identity information on 30 Texas Toros football team players was stolen in a smash and grab of the coach’s truck in a parking lot. The team is part of a children’s “Greater San Antonio American youth football league,” and the binder held registration money and the “birth certificates and…
Sabinsa sues former employee for data theft
Shane Starling reports: Multinational botanicals giant Sabinsa is suing a former employee, Binoy Mathew, and the managing director of BioActives, the firm with whom he allegedly shared stolen customer lists, technical and other data. Read more on Nutraingredients.