May 6, 2019 Re: Notification of Security Incident Dear Sir or Madam, We are writing to let you know about an information security incident that could potentially affect the confidentiality of your personal information. Please be assured we have taken every step necessary to address this incident and we are committed to fully protecting all…
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VCU patient’s personal information stolen twice
WRIC reports: Imagine having your personal and medical information stolen not once, but twice. It happened to a VCU Health System patient. And it was an inside job. “It’s extremely frustrating,” said that patient, who our sister station WRIC is not identifying. “You live in that fear, will my money be taken, will accounts be opened…
Tennessee diagnostic medical imaging services company pays $3,000,000 to settle breach exposing over 300,000 patients’ protected health information
There’s an update to a case I’ve been following on this blog since 2014. From HHS, this announcement: Touchstone Medical Imaging (“Touchstone”) has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations…
Finder of patient details accused by HSE of data breach
From the no-good-deed-shall-go-unpunished-until-we-find-where-we-misplaced-our-common-sense dept., Catherine Shanahan reports: A man who found sensitive patient data on a city centre street and who highlighted his concerns in the media has been accused by the HSE of a data breach. Luke Field, who found data containing patient names and details of surgical procedures on the pavement of South…
Sensitive patient records found on Cork city street
Catherine Shanahan reports: Documents with sensitive patient data identifying children and adults, details of surgical procedures, and reasons for missing appointments have been found on a busy city-centre street in Cork. The highly personalised information relating to patients attending Cork University Hospital (CUH) for plastic surgery was discovered by Luke Field, a Labour Party local…
Hong Kong gov’t dental clinic loses personal information of nearly 400 patients
Holmes Chan reports: A government-run dental clinic has lost an appointment book that contains the personal information of about 383 patients. The Department of Health revealed the incident on Thursday, saying that the Li Po Chun Dental Clinic in Tai Kok Tsui had lost information related to bookings made from January to June 2015. The…