David McKay reports that Northgate Medical Primary Care in Springfield, Massachusetts has issued a press release about a HIPAA breach. I haven’t been able to find any copy of it online or on their web site as of the time of this post, however. McKay reports: Northgate said they discovered in January that a former employee had…
Category: Theft
UK: Dozens of Newcastle patients’ medical records go missing after van blunder
Keiran Southern reports: Confidential medical records belonging to dozens of North East patients have gone missing from Tyneside hospitals. The documents were taken after being left unsecured in a van outside a property in Fenham, Newcastle. Thieves stole the vehicle holding 143 private medical records of patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital and Campus for…
Jury Awards Calif. Mortgage Co. $25M For Rival’s Data Theft
There’s a follow-up to an insider theft case previously noted on this site. Y. Peter Kang reports: A California state jury on Tuesday awarded $25.1 million in damages to Mount Olympus Mortgage Co., finding rival mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate Inc. liable for illegally transferring hundreds of private consumer loan files from MOMCo’s computer systems, according…
In: Firm director remanded in data theft case
TNN reports: The directory of a company has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days in the data theft case. Sunil Verma of M/s GC Associates was produced in a local court and remanded in judicial custody, said inspector H S Sekhon of cyber cell. “We have seized all relevant gadgets through which data…
Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA settlement
There’s a follow-up to a breach I first noted on this blog in 2012 when Feinstein Institute for Medical Research issued a press release about a laptop stolen from a programmer’s car. Now HHS has issued a press release of its own: Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA…
NY: Centers Plan for Healthy Living Notifies Members of Stolen Laptop
March 1, 2016 Subject: Stolen Laptop On January 4, 2016, Centers Plan for Healthy Living learned that on or about January 1, 2016 a laptop was stolen from its corporate offices. It is suspected that the laptop may have contained a file which included the name, address, date of birth, Medicaid number and/or Medicare number,…