Jennifer Baker reports: A doctor’s surgery in Hertfordshire has been fined £40,000 by the UK’s privacy watchdog for giving out personal medical information in breach of data law. Regal Chambers gave information about a woman and her family to her estranged ex-partner, despite staff at the practice being warned that this might happen. Read more on…
What HHS may not do, a state might
Back in June, 2014, this site noted two breaches disclosed by Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego that involved patient data being disclosed to job applicants. Later that month, we learned that in the process of investigating the two known breaches, Rady uncovered two more such breaches. Rady duly notified HHS in June, 2014. More than two years later, there…
AZ: Laptop stolen from EXOS contained protected health information
EXOS (formerly known as Athletes’ Performance) recently notified HHS of a laptop theft affecting 854 clients. The incident was reported to HHS on July 28, but was only added to the public breach tool today. In a letter dated August 1, which EXOS was kind enough to provide to DataBreaches.net, Garrett Felix, Information Security Officer for EXOS, writes, in part: Recently, we learned…
TN: 1,800 possibly affected by Anderson County government computer breach
WATE reports: Anderson County government officials and the sheriff’s office are investigating a possible computer security breach. County Law Director Jay Yeager sent a memo to all elected officials, school system employees, school board members, veterans service members and county contractors that there had been a “potential system-wide breach” of the main courthouse server. Yeager…
Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme Involving IRS “Get Transcript” Database
And here’s a follow-up to another case involving stolen identity tax refund fraud: A Houston, Texas, man was sentenced to more than two years in prison Monday for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division…
Former IRS employee sentenced to federal prison for ID theft, fraud
There’s another follow-up to the case of a former IRS employee involved in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Nakeisha Hall was originally charged in December, 2015 for her role in the scheme, and pleaded guilty in February, 2016. Hall was sentenced today. As AL.com reports: A former IRS employee, who helped taxpayers experiencing problems…