Brian Roche reports: The personal information of roughly two dozen people was found in an open dumpster in Lancaster County. An anonymous tip a few days ago directed 8 On Your Side consumer reporter Brian Roche to the dumpster behind a Liberty Tax Service office on Willow Street Pike that just closed last week. Read…
Malware may have compromised some Florida Hospital patient information
Naseem S. Miller reports: A malicious software that recently affected several Florida Hospital websites may have compromised some patient information, the health system said on Wednesday afternoon. […] The compromised websites include FloridaBariatric.com, FHOrthoInstitute.com and FHExecutiveHealth.com. They were taken offline for repair. Read more on Orlando Sentinel. As of the time I’m posting this, I…
MAXIMUS notifies 3,029 patients after Business Ink mailing error exposes PHI
The following was the notification MAXIMUS sent out on April 17 and that they kindly provided to this site today. There was also a Spanish-language version: MAXIMUS today notified approximately 1,100 Texas families participating in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) of a printing error that resulted in some program participants receiving a…
Mass notification launched after inappropriate access to 1,756 Winnipeg patients’ data
Canadian Press reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says it will be contacting hundreds of patients in the coming weeks after a nurse inappropriately accessed their personal health information. The authority says in a release that the nurse, who had access to the emergency department information system for work at one site, inappropriately searched information…
Former Trump doctor alleges that president’s medical records were seized in raid
This is a damned soap opera. If a patient “raids” his own doctor and steals his own medical records, is that a reportable breach under HIPAA and HITECH if the doctor is a HIPAA-covered entity? I think it is. Even if it is some kind of standard practice for the White House to obtain a…
Australia’s Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers
Paul Farrell reports: The Commonwealth Bank lost the personal financial histories of 12 million customers, and chose not to reveal the breach to consumers, in one of the largest financial services privacy breaches ever to occur in Australia. BuzzFeed News can reveal that the nation’s largest bank lost the banking statements for customers from 2004…