Canadian Press reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner has determined that a chain of medical clinics failed to protect patients’ health information that was on a stolen laptop. The commissioner’s report also says the company, although it technically followed response rules, took too long to announce the privacy breach. Which is exactly what I said at the…
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Ohio plastic surgeon notifies patients of office burglary
Steven A. Goldman, MD Inc. in Ohio recently notified HHS of a breach that occurred on June 29, 2014. Dr. Goldman, who is a plastic surgeon, posted a notice to patients on the website of Beachwood-Lakewood Plastic Surgery : To our valued patients: We take our patients’ privacy seriously, and it is important to us…
Care All Management notifies over 28,000 of breach
Care All Management, LLC of Tennessee recently notified HHS of a breach that affected 28,300 . The incident, described as “improper disposal,” was discovered on July 14, 2014. There does not seem to be any notice on their website at this time. If anyone has additional details to add, please use the Comments section below.
Ca: Six Greater Toronto Area hospitals gave patient info to photographers
Joel Eastwood reports: Six GTA hospitals compromised their patients’ personal health data by routinely handing it over to baby photographers who paid for access to maternity wards — breaches revealed by extra scrutiny following a major breach at Rouge Valley Health System. As far back as 2009, Mount Sinai, North York General, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Humber…
Apple tells developers they may not sell personal health data to advertisers
Kevin Rawlinson reports: Apple has tightened its privacy rules relating to health apps ahead of next month’s product launch, which is expected to see the unveiling of an updated iPhone and could include new wearable technology. The technology firm has told developers that their apps, which would use Apple’s “HealthKit” platform on the forthcoming products,…
NIH Releases Final Genomic Data Sharing Policy
Greg Slabodkin reports: The National Institutes of Health has released a final genomic data sharing policy that promotes sharing of large-scale human and non-human genomic data generated from NIH-funded research. “The NIH has longstanding policies to make a broad range of research data, in addition to genomic data, publicly available in a timely manner from…