Harrisburg Gastroenterology, Ltd. issued a press release yesterday that leaves a lot of questions unanswered: Harrisburg Gastroenterology, Ltd. announced today that it is notifying individuals related to a privacy incident involving certain patient information. On March 17, 2017, following an investigation of potentially suspicious system activity, Harrisburg Gastroenterology determined that an unauthorized individual could have…
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UK: Fertility patient data breach fine would have been much higher under GDPR
John Bryan uses a recent monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office to contrast what might happen to fines under the GDPR. Fertility patients being treated at the Lister Hospital, part of the US-based HCA Healthcare group, discovered in April 2015 that transcripts of their confidential patient-doctor conversations were publicly available on the world wide web….
Ca: William Osler Health System says staff member inappropriately used patient info
Codi Wilson reports: William Osler Health System says an internal investigation has been launched after an employee allegedly accessed patient records to obtain narcotics. In a statement issued Tuesday, William Osler Health System said that earlier this week, it notified patients about the data breach. According to the statement, a staff member allegedly used patient…
Unencrypted patient info from 2008 left in a van, and…… yeah.
From their disclosure notice: Western Health Screening (“WHS”) is an organization that offers comprehensive blood screening tests. It partners with community organizations, such as hospitals, to provide onsite blood screenings at Health Fairs throughout the Western slope of Colorado. You have been a participant at Health Fairs in the past that were sponsored by either…
Atlantic Digestive Specialists notify patients of ransomware incident
On February 20, 2017, Atlantic Digestive Specialists (“ADS”) discovered that some of its systems were infected with ransomware. ADS removed the ransomware from the affected systems by February 22, 2017. ADS has been working diligently, with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators, to determine the full nature and scope of this incident. To date, the…
RI: Lifespan notifying 20,000 patients after unencrypted laptop stolen from employee’s car
Lifespan is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. To date, Lifespan has no indication that any patient information has been accessed or used by anyone as a result of this incident. Lifespan is investigating the theft of an employee’s…