On May 5, Southeast Eye Institute, P.A. (dba Eye Associates of Pinellas) notified HHS that it was notifying 87,314 patients of an incident they coded as “hacking/IT incident.” There is no statement on their web site at this time and I can find nothing online that explains the incident. DataBreaches.net has contacted the practice requesting a statement…
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Patient appointment booking service notifying patients of potential breach
Zocdoc, an online booking system for dental or medical appointments, is first notifying patients almost one year after they learned programming errors enabled providers to access patient information they should not have had access to. In June, 2015, Zocdoc reportedly learned that a programming error had allowed some past or current practice staff members to access…
CA: Stolen state laptop puts inmate patient information at risk (UPDATED)
UPDATE: It turns out “notifying everyone” involved notifying 400,000 people, as reported to HHS. ABC10 reports: California Correctional Health Care Services announced Friday that a laptop was stolen that may contain the personal information of patients. The theft happened from the employee’s personal vehicle on February 25, according to Liz Gransee, public information officer with…
Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group notifies patients after office burglary
From a notice on Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group‘s web site, dated May 11, 2016: We are providing this public notice to you as part of Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group’s commitment to patient privacy. We take patient privacy very seriously, and it is important to us that you are made fully aware of…
PruittHealth Home Health – Low County notifies patients after office burglary
For the fourth time in less than three years, a PruittHealth entity has reported an incident to HHS that affected more than 500 patients. This time, it’s PruiittHealth Home – Low Country in South Carolina. From their public notice: Beaufort, South Carolina, April 8, 2016 – PruittHealth Home Health – Low Country, a provider of home health…
John McGuinness says HSE in “serious breach of data protection” as patient files stored in unlocked outhouses
MaryAnn Vaughan reports: A Kilkenny Dáil Deputy says the HSE locally has seriously breached Data Protection. John McGuinness says it was brought to his attention that there are boxes of patient and HSE workers’ files stored in unlocked outhouses at the site of their auxiliary hospital on Wolfe Tone Street in Kilkenny. Read more on…