This doesn’t sound good in terms of having adequate security. Associated Press reports: Hartford police met with an Access Health CT official to investigate reports that an employee stole customer’s personal information, police said. The investigation came about after Connecticut’s health insurance exchange learned that someone found a backpack containing personal information of possible Access…
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Penn State U. – Hershey Patient Info Security Breach
Penn State Hershey Medical Center is notifying 1,801 patients that their health information could potentially be accessed by people not involved in their care. The medical center says the information is related to a type of test ordered by its women’s health or family medicine doctors and other medical offices in the community that use Penn…
UK: Basingstoke council apology over benefits data breach
A council leaked personal details of housing benefit claimants, including their dates of birth and national insurance details, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Basingstoke and Deane sent letters of apology to 1,900 people, warning them their details had been disclosed. Read more on BBC.
UK: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals breach patient data
The personal details of 1,000 patients have been accidentally released by a hospital trust to two research companies, it has been revealed. The data breach by Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals included patient NHS numbers and ethnicity details. The information has been revealed by a BBC Radio Berkshire Freedom of Information request to the trust….
Cincinnati Hospital Allegedly Posts A Woman’s Syphilis Diagnosis And Personal Info On Facebook
Susan Scutti reports: Bullying on social media has apparently reached a new low. A Cincinnati mother is suing University of Cincinnati Medical Center and two employees after staff members allegedly posted her medical records, including her personal information and a diagnosis of syphilis, on a Facebook page, WLWT reported. Her lawyer, Attorney Mike Allen, has…
Highmark says mailings containing personal data went to wrong members
Steve Twedt reports: Highmark Inc. officials today said some results from a health risk assessment sent to 3,675 Security Blue and Freedom Blue members and their providers were sent to the wrong people. “Due to an error in the mailing process, several members reported receiving risk assessments belonging to other members in addition to their own,”…