Blue Ridge Surgery Center, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates, has posted a breach notification to patients: Blue Ridge Surgery Center (BRSC), is committed to protecting the confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an incident that may have involved some of that information. On March 17, 2016, BRSC learned that an employee’s…
Category: Theft
CA: Stolen state laptop puts inmate patient information at risk (UPDATED)
UPDATE: It turns out “notifying everyone” involved notifying 400,000 people, as reported to HHS. ABC10 reports: California Correctional Health Care Services announced Friday that a laptop was stolen that may contain the personal information of patients. The theft happened from the employee’s personal vehicle on February 25, according to Liz Gransee, public information officer with…
Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group notifies patients after office burglary
From a notice on Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group‘s web site, dated May 11, 2016: We are providing this public notice to you as part of Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group’s commitment to patient privacy. We take patient privacy very seriously, and it is important to us that you are made fully aware of…
Nostalgic for a backup drive breach? Here it is…
The days of backup drives with unencrypted information being stolen from unattended vehicles is not totally a thing of the past. On April 26, New Hampshire Distributors, LLC notified the state attorney general’s office that a stolen backup drive contained information on 924 New Hampshire residents. The total number of individuals affected was not disclosed. It’s…
Southern Michigan Bank & Trust notifies customers of stolen laptop
Elena Hines reports: A Southern Michigan Bank & Trust employee’s vehicle was burglarized and a laptop stolen on April 10. The bank says there is no indication of a data breach, but staff are doing what they can to protect customers. “Once we became aware, we immediately took several steps to protect our clients,” said…
Ca: Law firm considers launching class action suit against Algonquin College over privacy breach
In June, 2015, Algonquin College in Ottawa disclosed that 1,225 students in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs had their personal information on a server that had been accessed. The server compromise occurred in December, 2014, but the college was initially unable to determine exactly what happened. Now a Toronto law…