Amedisys Home Health of Fayetteville was recently informed that two bins used for collecting shredded materials from the Fayetteville care center were found in an enclosure behind a local business, and did not reach the vendor’s intended destination to a secure shredding facility. Read more on The Montgomery Herald.
Category: U.S.
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital notifies 419 patients after employees snooped in their records
Molly Rosbach reports: Virginia Mason Memorial hospital sent out letters last week to 419 of its past emergency room patients, alerting them of a privacy violation. A routine internal audit revealed that from roughly October to January, 21 employees at the hospital had improperly accessed those patients’ records. Read more on The Yakima Herald. A…
NY: Arraignment in Alleged Identity Theft Case
ALBANY, NY – District Attorney P. David Soares announced today that ROBERT BRUST, 53, of Deerpark (sic), New York, was arraigned on a sealed indictment charging (11) Counts of Identity Theft in the Second Degree, all Class E Felonies, and (1) Count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a Class E Felony, before…
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Notifies Guests of Payment Card Incident at IHG-Branded Franchise Hotel Locations in the Americas Region
Staying at a Holiday Inn Express may have made you smarter, but it also may have exposed you to payment card data compromise. From IHG: April 14, 2017 IHG values the relationship we have with our guests and understands the importance of protecting payment card data. Many IHG-branded locations are independently owned and operated franchises,…
RI: Third Personal Data Breach Hits UHIP Customers
Is it time to just call time of death on UHIP or reconsider the contract with the tech vendor? Or is this just to be expected in any rollout like this? Kristin Gourlay reports: State officials say they’ve encountered another personal data breach in the new online system for state benefits like Medicaid – a…
USF issues substitute notice after email error exposed names and email addresses
The University of South Florida (“USF”) is posting this substitute notice in a good faith attempt to notify those affected individuals for whom we have insufficient or out-of-date contact information that precludes written notification. We take individuals’ privacy very seriously and we are addressing this matter expeditiously to ensure the trust of our patients and…