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Indictments in patient data theft from Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology Nutrition of Florida (UPDATED)

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Dissent

As seen in the Tampa Star: Three men have been indicted for stealing the personal patient information of more than 13,000 people from a Tampa medical practice and using it to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds. The conspiracy to steal the personal patient information of thousands of clients at the Tampa office…

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MO: Medical records for 238 Children’s Mercy Hospital patients stolen

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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County-USC patients’ personal information stolen in car break-in

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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UK: Northern Irish nursing home fined by Information Commissioner’s Office

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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California dentist notifies patients of backup drive stolen from car

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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TX: Thief steals personal information belonging to dozens of children

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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