Valley Community Healthcare in California is notifying some patients who underwent cardiogram testing. In a letter dated March 9, Paul Wilson, President/CEO and Roger A. Meeks, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, informed patients: On February 24, 2015 we discovered that a laptop computer attached to the Electrocardiogram (EKG) machine in the General Medicine department was missing. The…
Sonoma County social worker sued for snooping in applicant’s files
Sometimes employees snoop in healthcare or government databases just out of curiosity. Other times, they snoop to obtain information to misuse. That misuse could involve financial fraud such as tax refund fraud, or it could involve tormenting your neighbor, according to a lawsuit in Santa Rosa, California. Paul Payne of the Press Democrat reported on a case…
Tort of intrusion upon seclusion and breaches of personal health information: the Court of Appeal decision in Hopkins v. Kay
Analysis of Hopkins v. Kay, this by Bradley J. Freedman, Barry Glaspell and Patrick Hawkins of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP: … In Hopkins v. Kay, a patient of a hospital, on her own behalf and that of other patients in the “class” proposed to be certified by the court, alleged that her hospital records had been accessed by…
NCUA releases OIG report on Oct. Palm Springs FCU data breach
There’s a follow-up to a Palm Springs Federal Credit Union breach reported last year. The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) writes: The National Credit Union Administration’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a review regarding a data breach that occurred late last year. The agency confirmed that an external flash drive containing personal information for approximately…
Point-of-Sale Vendor NEXTEP Probes Breach
Brian Krebs reports: NEXTEP Systems, a Troy, Mich.-based vendor of point-of-sale solutions for restaurants, corporate cafeterias, casinos, airports and other food service venues, was recently notified by law enforcement that some of its customer locations have been compromised in a potentially wide-ranging credit card breach, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The acknowledgement came in response to reports by sources in…
NZ: Plunket medical records from 20 years ago found in Taranaki house
This was from last month, but I just caught up with it. Blanton Smith reported: Plunket have launched an investigation after medical records were found in a house at the Taranaki Building Removers’ yard. For those not familiar with them, “Plunket” is the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, a provider of support services for children 5 years…