Over on PogoWasRight.org, I’ve covered some of last week’s revelations about domestic surveillance activities by the NSA. The first revelation, that of a secret FISC order compelling Verizon to turn over its business call records on a daily basis to the NSA, alarmed me. Although government officials – including President Obama – were quick to…
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Emmorton Associates notifies patients after locked file cabinet with counseling records broken into
Here’s one that you won’t see on HHS’s breach tool because it affected fewer than 500 patients: Emmorton Associates (Emmorton Psych/Emmorton Treatment Services) in Abingdon, Maryland discovered that a counselor’s locked office file cabinet had been broken into sometime between December 10 and December 21. The files on 75 patients included their full names, date…
Sutter Health East Bay Region reports breach after police uncover patient information during investigation
Sutter Health East Bay Region is notifying patients of a breach they first learned about on May 23. According to their letter, a copy of which was provided to the California Attorney General’s Office, on May 23, they were notified by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office that patient information had been discovered as part of an…
Ca: Patients’ medical info left on City bus
Michele Young reports: His 80-year-old mother’s medical records were left on a City bus and Darrel Davy isn’t satisfied with Interior Health’s explanation. Davy said Thursday his mother was admitted to Royal Inland Hospital on May 23 and released three days later. She’s feeling better, but he’s been upset since she got a registered letter…
Patients details left abandoned in Stockport as ICO highlights need for better decommissioning practices
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a monetary penalty of £100,000 after the discovery of a large number of patient records at a site formerly owned by Stockport Primary Care Trust. The information was uncovered when the site was bought in 2011 and the new owner reported that boxes of waste containing personal information had been…
Bon Secours Notifying Patients of Information Security Breach
The Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System posted this notice on Wednesday: Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System officials announced today that they are proactively contacting former patients via letters on behalf of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital to inform them of an electronic medical records security breach. The health system has contracted the services…