Multnomah County in Oregon is notifying some applicants for the Oregon Health Plan whose information may have been accessed during a break-in. The break-in occurred while the Health Center was closed for construction on August 4. Files in the cabinets included applicant records with name, date of birth, address, email address, Social Security number, insurance…
Category: Theft
Resource Anesthesiology Association of California warns patient information was on stolen laptop
KGET reports: Resource Anesthesiology Association of California, a local medical company, is warning that patients might have had their personal information compromised following a laptop theft. The Resource Anesthesiology Association of California says the laptop was stolen from an employee’s vehicle on July 8. A police report was filed but the company says the laptop…
Ca: Data theft from Meals on Wheels reveals gap in provincial privacy legislation, expert says
Charles Rusnell and Jennie Russell report: The theft of a charity’s entire database containing the personal information of more than 27,000 clients, donors, volunteers and employees reveals a major gap in Alberta’s privacy legislation, an expert says. In a letter sent to those affected in early June, Meals on Wheels said it called Edmonton police on…
MS: Computer theft at Natchez High School may have compromised student information
Sabrina Simms Robertson reports: The Mississippi Department of Education has notified Natchez-Adams School District students, parents and guardians that a recent computer theft at Natchez High School may have compromised personal student information. A news release from the MDE states the theft occurred on May 13, 2021, when the MDE’s Office of Compulsory School Attendance…
Ca: Hay River health authority warns of potential privacy breach after break-in at local hospital
CBC News reports: There’s been another apparent break-in at a Hay River, N.W.T., health facility, according to the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority, and this time, there may have been a privacy breach. During the early morning hours on Monday, there was a break and enter at H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital, a Thursday…
Castle Hills police recover stolen IDs, urge residents to check for identity theft
It’s not quite on the order of recovering millions in bitcoin, but in Texas last week, a traffic stop in Castle Hills resulted in the recovery of a number of stolen identification paperwork including “A licenses, passports, checkbooks and also some birth certificates and car titles. Now the police are warning the public to check to…